New City Grower 2.0

[Cannabomb]

Yeah I am very happy with the light, I only defoliated today to get those burnt, ugly, dead leaves outta my sight lol, maby I should have done that earlier? Still 3-4 weeks left, hopefully it gets nice and fat by then, I just smoked my last joint from my last harvest today so I will be taking popcorn off this one for thext few weeks to get me by =)

Not 100% on lollie popping auto's alot of advice saying not to and a small amount saying to so I went with the safer option =)

 

[b.real]

removing leaves is a lot different than removing buds. if the leaves look dead they should fall off easily. it's fine to remove leaves like that.

if the plant is very close to your light it's okay to remove the top most fan leaves if they're hogging the light.

 

[Cannabomb]

Yeah I agree, I really went to town on it today though removed about 50% of the fan leaves.. B.real whats your take on the last week of flower?? 7 days of pure darkness?

 

[b.real]

why would you do that? green fan leaves?

I'm not sure about the darkness thing.

 

[skunnymonster]

why would you do that? green fan leaves?

I'm not sure about the darkness thing.

I've changed my mind on defoliation due to this

Increasing yield with defoliation indoors: What's it mean? How to do it?

 

[Cannabomb]

why would you do that? green fan leaves?

I'm not sure about the darkness thing.

They were not green they were twisted up and had necrosis, I was sick of looking at it so i chopped em off, Skunny Monster that was a massive thread but looks very interesting ill sink my teeth into it tomorrow!! Thanks 4 sharing!

 

[skunnymonster]

LA found it for me & I've only gone through a few pages myself, this guy grows serious bud so I'm sold on his advice for trimming off fan leaves. He's no longer a member unfortunately which is a real shame

 

[b.real]

fan leaves are sources and flowers are sinks. there's no changing the way god created it. if you defoliate you will have lanky plants and round buds instead of pyramid shaped colas.

 

[skunnymonster]

That's what I was always lead to believe, read that thread & you may think differently. It may not be wise with your style grow but it works on bigger grows. That guy has 30 years experience so I'm not going to argue

 

[KingJohnC]

Hit an issue, I think it's hungry for nitrogen?

Your leaf damage appears to be from low nitrogen in flowering and is normal for lower growth to yellow.

 

[KingJohnC]

I would not defoliate an auto flower cannabis plant. I read a study where plants were given 24 hours of darkness before harvest and plants were not given a period of darkness before harvest. Both plants cannabinoids were tested and were nearly identical, the myth of giving your plants a period of darkness before harvest has been debunked.

 

[SmokerJoe]

Who was the study by and can you provide a link please? It 's not as if I dont believe you but I want to read it. Thanks

 

[KingJohnC]

Unfortunately I have had a hard drive failure and lost the majority of my saved pages and and documents where I would have kept the information on the cannabinoid test versus dark period.

 

[scottish]

Thank you king and thank you b.a.r for having such a great helpful thread

 

[B A R]

Well folks, our first

Cannabis "Mystery of the Week"​

was posted by Cannabomb and we successfully resolved his issues. Thank all of you who helped in getting to the bottom of it.




6/26/2014

7/6/2014

 

[PeeJay]

 

[Cannabomb]

Just smoked my first joint from it... 5 weeks into flower and im nice and toasty, its alot more of a head high being that it isnt fully developed but still happy with results and 3-4 weeks and it should be prime =)

Thanks all for the help!! Ill be back with more "Mystery of the week" segments in a month or so

 

[Cannabomb]

I would not defoliate an auto flower cannabis plant. I read a study where plants were given 24 hours of darkness before harvest and plants were not given a period of darkness before harvest. Both plants cannabinoids were tested and were nearly identical, the myth of giving your plants a period of darkness before harvest has been debunked.

I see, I saw a few "weak studys" where plants were left in darkness for 5-7 days, the thought was that 24 hours is not long enough for the plant to think it is going to die and start producing anything...The person said they noticed a lot of growth and alot more white hairs after 1 week of darkness.

They also said the buds had increased in size enough to validate doing so, BUT thats not to say if the plant has 7 days of light it would not grow the same, I like the idea of stressing Cannabis before harvest to increase trichome production in a bid to seed, I think giving it very hard dry spells works well as the plant produces more trichomes to stop water evaporating and transpiring... Could be wrong doesnt seem to make much difference these plants are determined to grow and be smoked =)


Again thanks all!!
Its been said once it will be said a million more times, 420 mag is the best forum and source for anything Cannabis related!

 

[OldMedMan]

I'm late...but here now. Sure wish I could get Happy Frog here. Peace

 

[B A R]

QUICK UPDATE​

FLUXY MOMMA (Power Flower, Flux style) Day 132




The growth I left on the slow side during the last trip to the Beauty Parlor helped out. The ends of those arms look much healthier now. So it's back to the Beauty Parlor.



Before

After

I left a couple of the center new growths to form some arms for the center fill ins. They're not from the main arms but I believe they'll be sufficient.

STREET GIRL #6




I planted her today in:

SCIENTIFIC SOILS
GROWOLOGY 1
VERMICULITE
MYKOS


Fifi's going to love this pot...

You've been here in spirit Old Man. I've carried truck loads of good vibes from your journal to here since the first post. Don't even sweat it, I know you can only handle so many journals at once. The important thing is our comraudery.