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@QualityOrganics1, Sorry to hear that n glad you've had a solution that worked! I think mine having a few problems not just one ;c so I'll just wait for someone to help me xD deficiency charts confuse me
@Quexos, Thank you! Added a few pics, hope that will be enough to tell :x I don't think I was over feeding tbh, I was usining half less then the packaging tells you to and I can literally count the times I've fed them on one hand so it might be quiet the opposite. After googling for a few days I think it might be N and/or Mg deficiency :worried:
@growdoctordc, @QualityOrganics1, My GC plant isn't that dense and keeps on stretching a bit still as well as the others are still in early transitioning, so hopefully they will stretch a bit more so I can LST them a little wider. I wouldn't want to disturb them since they're auto, as well as removing big fan leaves that work on photosynthes and store nutrients the most. I'm thinking it's just going to force the plant growing bigger fan leaves in other places instead of working on buds. But then again if fan leaves going to get bigger near the buds, they going to distribute energy from photosynthesis to the nearest growth the most, so ... it's really controversial and I'm just too green in this department to risk it on my first ever grow :sweat_smile:. I think it really depends on the plant structure whether to defoliate or not, I personally don't see any need in additional stress for my girls at this stage. Nothing is too dense on the fan leaves and light gets through to every shot and leaf just fine. If anything I can always tuck fan leaves in, if the light isn't getting through, or remove a few leaves on the very bottom that don't get any light in future.
@QualityOrganics1 wrote -
“ if you'd like to start taking off a 1:3 leaf ratio on your colas , it'll provide extra light to increase yields and densen Budds”
Sir, thank you for touching specifically upon this nearly mythical topic, which deserves more research! I believe partial defoliation encourages bud growth, not because of more light to the flowers, but because flowers sense when there is room to grow, and when they are surrounded by dense foliage. The flowers themselves are not capable of photosynthesis, and do not benefit from direct light, except for the comparatively small surface area of the sugar leaves stacked among them. Big fan leaves are still the ovens that bake the bread that feed the flowers - never forget that!
The under canopy should be trimmed of downward facing fan leaves and heavy growth. Upper branches should be trimmed partially, or 1:3 as CaliWill suggests, to not crowd potential bud sites.
Looking great! Nice work so far.
@Kambi, My girl ended up being at two different levels because I stopped doing LST after I saw pre-flowering. Now I wish I would've spread the canopy out a bit more. She could've handled the stress I'm sure. Whereas a few of these strains are dainty, most will take anything you throw at them.
@Quexos, yeah they took it pretty good haha now I’m thinking if I should play with the one that’s in a transition , because it’s kinda uneven on the height on each side but I’m too spooked