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Issue #492 - Sunday, September 19, 2021
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- If bud rot is one of the most dangerous enemies of a healthy cannabis plant, then defoliation is its arch-nemesis. Defoliation not only decreases the chance of getting bud rot or white powdery mildew but also increases yields, consolidates buds, and reduces airy buds. Learn this advanced technique today!
- Have you ever seen spots of white powder or flour on your leaves? Did you know this is a type of fungus? Learn what causes white powdery mildew and how to get rid of it for good!
- Uh oh, the big plants are here, and they're looking for trouble! They're eating up gardens, overgrowing greenhouses, filling up grow tents, and sparkling way too much! I don't know who to call about this, but I have a good mind to fix this problem myself...by smoking it all.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures."
~John F. Kennedy
Nebula's Super Simple 3-Step Defoliation Tutorial
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Defoliation means strategically removing leaves from your cannabis plant.
by Nebula Haze
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I’ve already published a few cannabis defoliation tutorials, but this one is different. It’s designed to make defoliation as easy and fool-proof as possible. You can use the following technique on ANY plant in any setup, including autoflowering strains. Note: This tutorial is only for defoliation in the flowering stage. Check out our main defoliation page to learn when defoliation is appropriate in the vegetative stage
When done properly in the flowering stage, strategic defoliation forces cannabis plants to grow long dense buds
What cannabis defoliation does if you follow the instructions in this tutorial:
- Healthier plants – Defoliation helps reduce the chance of bud rot or white powdery mildew on a plant that tends to grow bushy. This tutorial shows you what plants look like when defoliation is going to be helpful, and when it’s better to leave your plant alone.
- Lower humidity – Since each leaf is continually adding water vapor to the air, defoliation decreases the overall humidity of a grow space. That could be a good or bad thing depending on your local environment, but it’s common for growers to struggle with high humidity in the grow space once plants start getting big with tons of leaves.
- Better airflow within the plant – Lack of airflow is associated with problems like mold and pests. Air doesn’t travel easily through a bushy plant.
- Denser buds – If you follow the instructions as written, defoliation reduces the number of small, airy buds which typically get thrown into the trim pile after harvest. Chances are you don’t want tons of tiny, wispy nugs. In my experience, defoliation helps ensure all buds at harvest are weighty and dense.
- Longer primary buds – With very bushy plants, buds may only be an inch or two long. Proper defoliation allows light to penetrate further down into the plant, and buds are typically longer as a result. Who doesn’t want foot-long colas?
Here’s a quick cannabis defoliation example to give you an idea of the whole process. It's 3 super simple steps...
What is this powder on my leaves?
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Today's article talked about using defoliation, which can reduce the chance of plants getting bud rot, bud mold, or white powdery mildew.
But what is white powdery mildew?
White Powdery Mildew is a rapidly reproducing fungus that only knows how to do two things:
- Eat your plants
- Make more White Powdery Mildew
Fortunately, it's easy to spot since it creates white patches of fungal growth that stand out against the green leaves of a cannabis plant.
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"2 1/2 weeks into flower. 4 Gold Leaf clones. Taken with iPhone flash. Using the micro grow fertilizer trio."
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Looks like someone did some defoliation and is waiting for the bud army to arrive! ~Sirius
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Check out some articles you may not have seen...
- Cannabis Defoliation Tutorial: How to Increase Yields by Removing Leaves - We have written more than one article on defoliation, and they all approach the topic from a slightly different angle. If you want more information before you start plucking leaves from your cannabis plant, this is a great
place to start.
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Why Beginners Should Grow Auto-Flowering Strains - Defoliation is a great tactic, but growing autoflowers - like growing outdoors - makes defoliation unnecessary. One of the great things about autos is that you just let them do their thing. They're independent!
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Bud Rot or Mold - I know we just talked about this topic recently, and I don't want to scare you all again, but there's a reason I brought it up! Defoliation is a great way to prevent bud rot by decreasing the amount of moisture your plants put into the air. Defoliation is anti-bud rot!
- White Powdery Mildew - Like bud rot, WPM (White Powdery Mildew) can be prevented with a bit of defoliation. Defoliation also reduces the number of leaves that touch each other and produces moisture droplets that cause WPM.
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