Bushy as hell - defoliate?

[cyclo1224]

my plants are all super bushy...these are 2 of them....the larger one has veged for 5 weeks its just about 12 inches tall...the smaller one is in a pepsi bottle its 26 days old. should i remove any of the bushy leaves?

 

[Jimmycricket]

Is the first one a reveg?

Personally I would just let them grow, let them flow, dont cut off the leaves no mo.

At least when they are that small.

 

[cyclo1224]

no its just 5 weeks from seed. but i wont mess with um...im gonna flower the small ones soon.

 

[p604]

looking nice.. i say tie the top over so the bottom will bush out

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Looks like an indica dominate strain... if so they may very well grow in a christmas tree fashion & unlikely to bush out !


A little bit of mild LST training may help as like what p604 said about bending the top over which may help lower branches bush out a little...

Now defoilation is more suitable for hydro type grows where regeneration of veg growth is much more quicker whilst in veg, unfortunaly its a tad slower with soil grows... but may prove fruitful at day 21 of flowering when most growers choose to defoilate whilst in flowering

 

[cyclo1224]

tie the top over? how do i do that? sorry i dont know im still kinda new.

 

[Jimmycricket]

basically you attach something be it string, tape, pipe cleaners, wires, or heck some even use fishing weights, to the upper part of the plant, then pull the top over a bit (do not break the stem!!!).

The reasoning for this is to expose the side branches to more light which in turn will make them rapidly grow.

 

[cyclo1224]

very cool ill use some string with something to wiegh it down...does it matter which way you bend it over...like should i have it tied down on one side one day then on the other side the next?