how far into flower do most people stop defoliating there plant? i've been pulling a walmart bag every other night. i got behind a couple weeks due to covid.i usually am done by the time i flip light cycle.
According to the Swazhing method you do a heavy defol the day of the flip and again 22 days after. I have done that twice with no problems as far as hermi's are concerned but I was not thrilled with the results so I am doing less defol this grow.
That said, I wouldnt do a heavy defol once its 22 days past the flip, and it looks like your are, but tucking and pulling a few now and then that are blocking light doesnt seem to hurt anything.
IMO, you can remove the light blockers until about 3 wks from harvest then clean them up except for a couple nodes on top. Have you lollipoped? Hard to see. Mainly, keep in mind that buds need light.
According to the Swazhing method you do a heavy defol the day of the flip and again 22 days after. I have done that twice with no problems as far as hermi's are concerned but I was not thrilled with the results so I am doing less defol this grow.
That said, I wouldnt do a heavy defol once its 22 days past the flip, and it looks like your are, but tucking and pulling a few now and then that are blocking light doesnt seem to hurt anything.
IMO, you can remove the light blockers until about 3 wks from harvest then clean them up except for a couple nodes on top. Have you lollipoped? Hard to see. Mainly, keep in mind that buds need light.
Good advise. When would you say its too far into flower to lollypop or pointless to lollypop? Just curious