Trimming the bottom 1/3 of Your Plants

[@PerfectGardensTV]

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[@jagakorochka]

I am russian man. And i study english about your video. Thank you so much and i wish you nice harvests!

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[@rut3ch]

A Russian/American alliance would dominate the planet my brother

[@IBMikmaq]

The purpose of lollipopping was because indoor grow lights are straight above the plant and the light comes straight down so the bottom stems don’t receive much light but outdoors the sun moves across the sky and hits every angle of the plant so no need to lollipop in outdoor settings. If you need better air flow then remove the inner fan leaves but leave the stems. Also outdoors you can harvest in sections allowing the lower buds to finish after the top sections are harvested.

[@dong9514]

I wish I harvested in sections last year, I never heard of it before. I always saw the whole plant taken at once.

[@burnswhenpees]

Underrated comment.

[@hendawgsfarms2424]

Thank you bro helped out a lot

[@daleyoung4710]

Partial harvest all the way. Those small buds at the bottom do mature. Don't waste weight.

[@IBMikmaq]

Thanks guys. You will be surprise how fat and frosty those lower buds you left on get. I live in Nova Scotia and left bottom buds mature right into November. You end up with purple nugs that are loaded with terps.

[@surefiremushroomsmicrogreens]

Fun fact: you can pick a clone during any stage in veg and in flower. In fact right when your plant is finished it is suggested to take a clone then throw it back on a 18/6 schedule until it roots out it will sprout new growth from the flower !! They call this monster cropping and it produces twice the yield sometimes more than the previous plant. Keep doing that for strong genetics 🧬 you can build monsters 😍😎😂✌️🙏 seed that out with a cross pollination of choice and you have a genetically strong monster crop seed that will produce monster plants ❤️

[@tomsexton3530]

I recently tried this. I took a few clones during week 5 of flower. It stayed the same size for a long time then turned into a very big plant. Just be patient in the begining, she will stall for about a month. Thanks

[@mitthepirate]

Just tale clones in veg and don't listen to this advice you will wait about 3 months for anything . And the buds won't be bigger. People only ever do this if its the only way of preservation of a genetic.

[@scottsteward3392]

Ok so how I go bout doin that

[@814genetics5]

Take a clone in bud I'd take around 3 weeks when you trim up any way , but for real after 3 days they while out (( moster crop))

[@conspiracylibrary2848]

@SureFire thank you so much!

[@shawnobery2772]

I've done this on 3rd week of flower and up until 5th week and it really helped my yield

[@capionthegreat4582]

How big were they when you trimmed it?Was your plant effected at all?I'm thinking about trimming mine

[@faded_creation]

you should train young by bending plants with ties and then trim around 2 weeks before flower scrog the plants then trim again 21 days into flower for the best results

[@MrElemonator]

I was thinking that in personal grows one could remove leafs slowly or over time to improve the plants stress response instead of doing it all at once. Really to each their own situation. When we use our muscles everyday they improve. In my head a plant can do the same in other ways. Stress is life and learning how to enjoy the stress is the ultimate growth.

[@charlestonbrown3383]

The lower ranches get less light so have popcorn buds also this plant energy can be used to fatten upper buds, yes get those arm sized buds. BadMF excellent time to clone as said don't waste growth, good video overall.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

ty bro

[@ronan310]

Its called lolli-popping.....personally i like leaving all branches....at harvest it forms nice little pipe sized nuggs at the bottom....I grow for personal...I dont grow for profit....I dont grow for anything but enough smoke to last until next season harvest....I live in SoCal...with many commercial growers in area...as long as they aren't breeders...who let males grow to pollinate their new strains...I'm good....420

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Hey Budinga, I appreciate your comment I created a video replying to you.... will release it in a few days. Thank you, I reply to @Bubinga Basher @Bryan Sauls @the man & @Ronan* All in the same video It took me all day I hope you guys enjoy Mark

[@martinphilip8998]

I never plant it anymore. All volunteers. Last year I made over a pound of hashish. Get a tumbler. I thought this would be a year’s supply. I have a ton left. I load gelatin capsules with the kief sometimes. It makes a great sleeping pill. If you just try to eat the stuff, it’s too much. It also makes a helluva green dragon.

[@420somewhere4]

Lollipopping is when you take all vegetation off the whole plant except the tops, ya?

[@8Scorpions]

What's your fav. Strain, if you don't mind me asking

[@420somewhere4]

@@8Scorpionscant go wrong with blue dream but did chocolope this yr outdoor and it just finished, liking it grew fantastic

[@tommytbonescramer3908]

I like what you're doing because it's almost what I do, my situation is that I have a short indoor grow box and I trim the top 1/3 to force short and wide. My method is the opposite of yours and I harvest between 3/4 to 1.1 lbs per grow or 1 plant. The cuttings I root and give away as gifts. I have a custom built grow box because we live in a 1 bdroom condo and space is limited and my box doubles as a TV/Video/Cable Box stand. I'm working on plans and a video to share with others who live in a small home and limited space. Thanks, good video

[@PerfectGardensTV]

thank you for the comment and thank you for gifting this beautiful plant to friends and family. What we should do Mark

[@tommytbonescramer3908]

@@PerfectGardensTV I have a real problem killing a living plant, I mean it's so easy to root a 4 to 6" cutting and I only have room for 1 plant, plus in my state we are able to grow for personal use. The number of friends I have is getting larger, seems people like what we like.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

@@tommytbonescramer3908 what do you mean? What problem do u see before that plant gets sick?

[@godisblackmatter7844]

Tommy TBones Cramer your not killing your plants by pruning them. I used to get major anxiety before pruning my plants 😂 it only increases your yield

[@bobbiduval7961]

I'm interested👍

[@12lippylucy]

Every plant is different, ive grown half ounce buds off the lowest branches, but i also had great results lolly popping.

[@fxdbmgtow]

I like LARF for edibles //)

[@simon990055]

me im not doing cannabis to get high i think you get a decent average CBD for stuff like Epilepsy and stuff by just letting it grow fx on its own cus also alot of power used over time and not good to use power if unstable epilepsy and you cannot work then thats plant a CBD Pharmacy but yet thats still gunna be fine i guess if you do not aim for that smoking thing anyways but more like cannabis tea etc

[@glockasauruswrex6362]

Good stuff! 👍 I didn't know to do that n trained my babies instead. Bent them over early n that seemed to work fine. I defoliated a couple of times in veg, then lolipopped just before the flip...so far so Bueno! Thnx for the 411

[@scottsteward3392]

What's exfoliate mean and what's lollipopoin friends

[@faded_creation]

training is a way better method.. never trim at this age its too stressful on the plant. tie the top sideways and it will allow the plant to bush out real crazy. at 2 weeks before you flip you want to defoliate, lollipop, and take clones. wait a week flip to flower and the 21 days into flower do another defoliation

[@mikehancho1613]

Also outdoors if you don't defoliate some and lollipop you risk more of a chance for powdery mildew. Airflow is key

[@russelltheone6969]

If your plant gets stressed by pruning, have the plant light one up.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

I just lite one up right now Great Advice Russell;)

[@godisblackmatter7844]

Or give your plant a shotgun. Watch how they respond. They love it 😅

[@halimirani]

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[@bankonitbilliards300]

$50 a month! what are you high? Lol

[@BornInArona]

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[@cwatson42785]

Id take a wild guess to say yes, yes he is lol. I thought maybe it would be $5 bucks, not $50!!

[@jessiperry60]

i cant wait to live like my family in jamaica.. grow my vegetables and my herb together

[@PerfectGardensTV]

That sound nice:)

[@hoopdocs]

That's what I'm doing here in Minnesota. It's the best!

[@markfcoble]

Just what I did this morning. Tomorrow starting the molasses feeding along with JADAM ferts. Outdoors from seed, the best way in my opinion. 12 at first, 4 turned male so 8 ladies left and they look great. Using natural pesticides, not many bugs really, on the plants when needed. 48 years of growing.....

[@bankrollbilly]

Sick second year grower here wish me luck

[@redplays5990]

my first plants ever just sprouted from the soil @@bankrollbilly

[@bankrollbilly]

@@redplays5990 best feeing ever and even better after u trim them and wait a month to cure or two and to only find out your high as fuck lol.

[@juneroos5453]

Thank you so much for showing what you done to the plant ..

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Anytime June mark

[@mountfamily]

Should I clean up the bottom 1/3 if I am 3 weeks into flower? My plants are auto flower and are running behind a bit cuz we had no good sun and lots of rain and then a couple heat waves... So I moved them inside a tent under a ts2000 light and in the first week my two taller branches started to flower like crazy and then I bent them down 2 days ago to level the canopy to hopefully promote all of the tiny buds to grow more.. and just removed a ton of leaves today (everything that was too low down or blocking buds and some other large fan leaves just to hopefully direct the growth everywhere?!!! I also fed the plants 2 times this week for a very first time and only gave them a small amount of big bud the 2 times I fed them this week.. so it is a LOT FOR THE PLANTS I THINK... AND HOPE THEY DO WELL THIS LAST FEW WEEKS LEFT!!!! BUT IDK IF I SHOULD REMOVE SOME OF THE SMALL BUDS LOWER ON BRANCHES OR NOT CUZ HOW MUCH I TRIMMED OFF AND THE BENDING OF THE 2 MAIN BRANCHES?!!! YOU CAN SEE THE PLANTS ON BUFFALO ESKATE IF INTERESTED AND ANY HELP OR INPUT AS WE FINISH OUT THIS LAST COUPLE WEEKS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!

[@timforan1502]

Love the insight you give at every step

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Ty:)

[@davidkavetsky2377]

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[@keith8561]

Hello great video. Now the trim can be sent to the lab and they will tell you which gender. No more waiting.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

100% you can at this point

[@K_Nasty]

Air flow is more important than whatever those bottom leafs will do.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

100% completely agree! - Thank you for that comment - Mark

[@nihilityjoey]

How so? Especially if you are growing outdoors? Plants leaves in FLOWERING plants are responsible for all sorts of beneficial functions for the plants. Your extraction and fans will adequately circulate air enough to stop stagnant air from causing any fungal or other issues indoors. Plants uptake co2 through their leaves, not oxygen, that's done through the roots. 1mph air movement and regular fowledge movement by yourself every day, and keeping your humidity under control is adequate to stop any pathogens from spreading on leaves. Shade leaves are just as important as fan leaves as they help move nutrients and with the respiration of the plant. Removing one or two leaves in touch with the soil is okay, or dying leaves using more energy than they produce is fine, but anything else is overkill and unnecessary.

[@Kh-ts3xw]

@@nihilityjoey If you clean fan leaves from bushy plants it will improve the air flow and prevent the plant in case of huge rains or high lvl of humidity get mold or any other fungals, im doing lst + lolypopping and atm doing great, nice video btw very informative.

[@nihilityjoey]

@@Kh-ts3xw If you grow healthy plants from the outset and can keep the health throughout the whole grow, nice green too dark green leaves, building high brix. With even stem and node growth all round, and at a nice pace. Without needing to touch a leaf until they naturally wither at the end. Keeping good enough environmental control, (except from certain soils bound pests) you shouldnt need to worry about powedery mildew. Outside is different for obvious reasons, but the same applies and you should rely more on feeding, feeding to the environmental conditions. I havent grown outside, and I grow in coco, but I've never had PM, I've never had any pests, I've had small patches of bud rot in the main colla a few times, but overall I keep my room clean and my plants as healthy as I can, and that doesnt involve physically stressing them by defoliating, topping or any other practice. I help my plants reach their genetic potential, and the plant has the shape it does and the leaves it does because of it genes. And helping those leaves perform their fucntion leads to helping in that genetic expression. For all intents and purposes I use a hydro system with synthetic neuts, and hear that growing organically is the best and most natural way to help reach the plants potential. Only for everyone or them to pinch, tear and cut their plant to anything but what the plants genetics intended for it. I like watching videos by greenhouse and Dutch passion (also humbolt), they show the plants being grown without the needless massacring, amazingly healthy plants throughout and to the plants genetic potential - revealing what those plants offer and how they differ. Plants rooted for 2 weeks and vegged for 2 weeks, some giving over 150g totally dried, cured and trimmed - per plant. Not vegging for 2 months haveing too recover from the damage done too them by pruning and topping to only getting up to 200g per plant after that effort and time. I have a 20 inch gluberry plant, vegged for 5 weeks from seed, untouched, un topped, in a two gallon fab pot and from experience I'm expecting at least 120g of completely dried and cured material, from a plant like that. Too me, that's genetic expression, letting the plant be the plant and just..... helping it. Like a professional athlete. You dont break a runner's legs do you? That's just my thinking on it, and people can do what they like, and they can still grow lovely flower. I just dont do certain things. And won't.

[@dominickgarey7657]

Airflow isn't important until your flowers are in the last half of growth. That 18" plant had plenty of airflow in my opinion. At that size, every leaf matters.

[@Nathan-ed2jx]

Put door yes, indoor NO, indoor put 200w ufo's underneath and bend lower branches down , we use 50L or 95L pots and the bottom branches bent down, you can grab branch with both hands and do loke a chinese burn cracking stem and twisting branch, then the natural curve of branch wil down, hi-par make a 200w underneath led on a little stand, pick up so much more underneath and side lighting, loke the spider farmer 600w for sides, there 1000w works great on top. Put under lighting in aboit 1 to 2 weeks before turning on 4 to 6 week grow period

[@arminozman7256]

These are some awesome tomatoes

[@PerfectGardensTV]

:)

[@godisblackmatter7844]

lol They're great camouflage 🍅

[@copperridgegrow3940]

Must be done prior to onset of flowering. Cutting limbs causes release of stress hormones which hinder/slow flowering

[@fragelicious]

I do a quarter. I grow in vermiculite and perlite at 50/50 mix. From seeds under 480 watts of LED in 4x4. never had a pathogen.

[@fragelicious]

And Jack's 321. YeeeeHaw

[@fragelicious]

The best Cal Mag is already in my food.

[@Jim_Snape]

I leave it alone, besides vacuuming up dead leaves. It makes no sense to me (the bro-science) that shade leaves "use up energy". The whole plant is producing energy in each plant cell that is green. The shade leaves also give a good first indicator of plant health, and direction of health. I don't hold it against anyone who takes off fan leaves (why do I care?) If the plant needs more airflow, I'll up the airflow. It doesn't need more light penetration as I only use the main buds, and the rest goes to bubble hash. On top of that, once I'm trimming I've seen surprisingly large buds halfway down the plant where it gets a lot less light. To increase yield, I make sure I have large vegged plants on deck and already budding ready to move into the flower room I'm harvesting. As for increased humidity, the dehumidifiers don't care, they keep it at whatever humidity they are told to keep it at. More shade leaves evaporating water is more fluid movement through the plant. I'd rather be smoking bud, typing out stupid comments, than doing make work just for the sake of doing it. It isn't a proven fact that trimming shade leaves increases yield on any plant that I know of. It wouldn't surprise me that its just the opposite, that MORE shade leaves increase yield. LOL

[@PerfectGardensTV]

I like what you said. The 1st 5 min explains more in the link below. If you listen to that one We say the exact same thing Ty for you comment Mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXvToISIfLqkm80

[@Jim_Snape]

@@PerfectGardensTV It could be detrimental in an organic grow that relies on the plant to feed the microbes the sugars it creates from light in exchange for nutrients, which I assume the plant does with excess sugar leaves. Not so much in an all-chemical fertilizer-raised plant.

[@mustang268]

I heard plants start to flower when the recieve less light per day so you might have a valid point

[@BiodigitalStuff]

I indoor grow, and I have to keep to the bottom third or so of my plant trimmed and clean. That's cool because clones.

[@danmel3978]

No need to lollipop litte tiny plants, wait untill it's nice and big and preferably just before flower begins. Why? The idea is that it grew a good root system to support much more growth, when the lower larfy branches are removed it's theoretically like removing sucker branches on fruit tree resulting in bigger sweeter fruits. If youre continuously lollipoping and removing leaves as it grows the root system will be smaller to support less plant mass. Well, sure as hell works for fruit anyway

[@paulzeiss1900]

Thanks man. You showed me what to do. Other mugs got fukn nutin but a commercial n ass holes them them up. They don't explain shit. Thanks bro.

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[@fastesteddiealive]

You can tell who’s done it and who hasn’t in the comments. Anyone that has put it into practice possibly increased their quality and doubled their quantity knows it’s the best thing to do. More weight less waste. No brainer if u want to make more money or just get more for yourself. But some people aren’t into that kinda thing I get it.

[@d.b.o.c.6852]

The reasom u take cuttings from the bottom is because their is a higher amount of hormones concentrated at the lower branches. Makes it easier to clone a cutting that retains more plant hotmones.

[@burnswhenpees]

They will root faster, but take longer to finish. Often overlooked and misunderstood. Hormones are overlooked in general by mj growers. Refreshing to see someone mention them. One of the most important things to understand if you want to take your grows to the next level.

[@michaelcampbell6327]

When cloning it's best to put the cuttings in water as soon as possible.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

agreed

[@dockersfavs3110]

After placing in water, do I wait to see roots before replanting?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

@@dockersfavs3110 if you mean for cloning . Yes. I like to clone in soil or plugs. I hope that is what you are asking. Mark

[@dockersfavs3110]

Yes I meant for cloning. Thanks. My first time ever growing for my own pleasure..🙂

[@godisblackmatter7844]

DOCKERS FAVS Leave the plant in water until you dip into rooting hormone and place into cubes or soil. If you leave your cuttings in water too long they can become water logged. Use a humidity dome. If not spray with an anti transparent

[@Amviosify]

I grow through the year. Atm doing a passive outdoor grow. Will soon kickstart 3 2x4 ft tents and fill em up. But ill be growwing outside to buy new leds, the fluence like builds

[@derrickmason7482]

When I get a new pack of seeds or a freebie, I'll spot pollenate enough of the bottom popcorn bud flowers to make 100-200 seeds. It'll prevent having seeds in my top best bud on that seeded plant and if for some reason I'm late with the pollen, which normally does not happen, but there's the option of harvesting the top half of the plant and leaving the bottom half to grow another week or two and let the seeds finish maturing. I just grow for personal and has always seemed to work well doing that. Of course if there's ridiculously small branches really close to the 'soil', I use Promix, then I'll remove those tiny low branches. Maybe seeds would be better in top kola nearer to the light, idk, they've always seemed to turn out fine as far as I can tell. Although I'll normally just sea of green clones from that first seed for years before ever starting a fresh seed. So I don't use many of the seeds I've made, more so just as back ups that don't cost me another $10 a piece like the originals.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

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[@JonathanCarroll3579]

Should add the cliping turned into clones can be flowered early to determine if the mother is male or female.

[@jesse75]

Are you turning into a flower or the plant ? Third person maybe ?

[@weedshop670]

Wow! i think i've been doing mine the right way. Nice video. i still have some bags ready to go.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

:)

[@mdalomgirhossin1952]

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[@carolynmichael2723]

Good to know video! My favorite strain is always the best of the year.

[@carolynmichael2723]

How can I get myself a variety of seeds in my hands,innie advice please?

[@SCARSAC]

so manyt oif us has the same fiskers trimmer i love them

[@Outlaw-Josey-Wales]

I top until end of June and then I lightly trim bottoms in the mean time all the bottom try to become main colas and do well

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Agreed. I give more explanation in this video. Mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXvToISIfLqkm80

[@814genetics5]

Depends on strain I got certain ones like like magenta hash plant through bhodi seeds it will make solid nugz from top to bottom joy stick is a other one and a green crack times wedding cake ain't gotta lollipop at all

[@smokymcpot5917]

I do this everytime and also put more t5 grow light tubes facing up under the plants and the bottom of plant gets bigger buds.

[@nicholasheath6585]

Wait... You get that little sun there? Here it's still way to early for flower anytime in July!

[@JoshuaOlivo-u9h]

Does it do anything for yeild defoliating before flowering, I was always told not to defoliate till about 2/3 weeks after it starts flowering.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Over the years I've began to agree that the idle time to defoliate is 10 days after flowering

[@gettingittogether424]

Do you do this for autos grown indoors? When should you start?

[@meking3258]

Its not recommend to do to much if any defoliation on autos their on their own internal clock they don't have time to recover like a photoperiod plant would ..if u do to much growth will be stunted

[@huggdeeznutz]

Alasking fish fertilizer has anyone you know or personaly used ? Without having to add other nutrients?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

It is quality

[@UNDERGROUNDHITRADIO]

what about trimming the top 1/3?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

I wouldn't recommend it

[@gayleclute9901]

Removal of fan leaves provides light into possible bud sites, however....those fan leaves also shade the soil. Hot soil is a no no. You decide. Lollipopping does increase bud yield, so there's that.

[@egomaniac8510]

That is a funny looking tomato plant. 😆

[@joebillings1313]

On my screen the title reads trimming the bottom of... The picture didn't match the image in my head of some trans person explaining their surgery. I'm pretty relieved its about weed instead. Far better topic. 🎉🎉🎉

[@robertgroff2105]

My personal opinion I would leave all of those leaves on the plant so in the near future all of those leaves act like little solar panels that help the plant process the sunlight if you cut them off you are reducing what the plant needs... But that's just me and my 9 years of growing...

[@la7era1u54]

I have 26 years of growing and I totally agree with you. Unless you are doing a sea of green method, you should keep them on, and even then you usually start flowering before that point. The leaves are where the plant makes energy to grow and flower. Those stems and leaves trimmed at such an early time in the plants life would grow to be large branches full of leaves when it's full grown. If you really feel like you need to prune then wait until it's older and only trim the parts that are totally shaded by the rest of the plant, which is rare unless over-topped, even with tree sized plants. There is a reason why they grow this way. Mother nature doesn't create inefficient and useless parts of a plant. If not having bottom branches was the best way to survive and reproduce, then these plants would grow that way without us having to cut them off

[@GGtheRealest]

@@la7era1u54 I'd say that it helps the plant get taller faster. it'll grow new branches later. this here will get to its flowering stage sooner. This is a thing people do with Dragon Fruit cactus where you snip off any new arms growing on the main chain of cactus going up into a trellis, once there it's allowed to grow however it wants while producing fruit. so that basically forces the plant to focus on one single objective and suck less nutrients on unwanted growth. otherwise the plants just take a lot longer to reach the production stage, and the fruiting should be better. i'd say the same happens here, though you'd have to have 40 clones of the same strain to test 1/3 trim like this video, either from top or bottom. 20 of no trim, and 20 with trim. from what other users said in this comment section, was that the trimming yielded bigger buds and no mention of popcorn buds. the untrimmed growers report having popcorn buds. lazy me, I'd probably leave them untrimmed lol

[@tommytit1618]

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[@robbiewatson3525]

Outdoor plants should not be defoliated much. Just some fan leaves towards the bottom that are not getting light. Agreed 👍🏻.

[@josephsellers5978]

​@la7era1u54 Mother nature is balancing the plant, pruning is for the farmer to override that balance and tip the scales for greater yields at harvest.

[@DC-bn3mw]

It's called "lolipopping" makes it easier to search for if you know what its called. It should only be done during week 3 of flower.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Why would you say 3rd week into flowering? I have always done it the day before flipping and let it go with light touch up. Mark

[@DC-bn3mw]

@@PerfectGardensTV the carbohydrate levels in the root pack are helping the plant focus on stalk and branch massing, thus allowing for a brutal defoliation of the bottom 45 percent of the plant with a ultra healthy recovery. During veg, especially early veg, the plant cannot recover as well and will refocus its energy to repairing the damage instead of supercharging the focus towards flower production. Hope this helps :) DC

[@natkangol]

@@DC-bn3mw Thanks for the knowledge. I trimmed the bottom 1/3 today. It went into shock less than an hour later. I expect the same recovery though, as was expected, when I did a total soil flush. It looked sick for less than an hour afterwords, then sprang back to life. I also make sure not to overwater especially. At least my roots will still search for water instead of drowning.

[@DC-bn3mw]

@@natkangol I wish I could drop pics or video in the replies. Lollipopping shouldn't cause any shock whatsoever if done properly. My ladies only show a thriving explosion of new growth after a defoliation session like lollipopping. Check out my guy in Canada....Mr Canucks grow....this guy shares all secrets and goes very in depth with ever aspect of growing, harvesting, curing and processing. Later guys and happy growing! :)

[@charlestonbrown3383]

I disagree with week three of bloom, do this before going into bloom cycle.vThe plant will have a larger full bud yieldBadMF

[@edwinmutinda8941]

Awesome for trimming steps procedures 1/3 of your plants

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Thanks 👍

[@edwinmutinda8941]

@@PerfectGardensTV most welcome n ola

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

Has anyone ever thought to add lighting UNDER your indoor plants to get more light to the bottom portion, and retain all of that extra foliage?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Yes research side lights

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

@@PerfectGardensTV I shall do that!

[@rollpros7766]

Thanks for sharing! Very informative!

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@matthewjarrod2523]

I can't figure out why trimming the large leaves is beneficial. These leafs catch the rays of the sun/or lamp and turn that light into nutrients. Seems to me cutting all of these nutrient making leaves would decrease the potency of the flower. I think of The leaves like they are solar panels, the more leaves the more power. Just a thought.

[@anthonybergrum6563]

Indoors I deleaf at 21 days and at 42, it makes bottom shaded branches into tremendous product

[@PerfectGardensTV]

it isn't most of the time unless you need air flow because you are growing indoors and may be battling PM or mold mark

[@bremlquan]

What happens if you stack solar panels

[@jansondennis2438]

big fan leafs are not as good as new growth leaves new growth leafs are way more beneficial to the plant happy growing fam

[@alexanderreider7552]

I live in PA. Currently legal medically here. However I have great knowledge in growing. Any ideas on how to get into growers in a medical state. I still have some to learn. But family has believed in this far beyond when it was legal medically. Obviously we follow laws where i live with cards and the whole 9 yards. But serious question. Anyone have an idea. I'd love to possibly be apprenticed by an experienced grower. It will be recreational here soon, but until then i want to get my foot in the door. Theres so much money to be made when it goes to the next step. I'd like to be part of it in our state.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Hey Alex, I just finished editing the video. Let me know if this is what you were looking for. The video is not released yet so you get to watch it before anyone else;) Mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHeWaJ9qhMR9fJI

[@alexanderreider7552]

@@PerfectGardensTV absolutely. I appreciate this very much. Thank you so much. We have cultivators and processors hiring all over the place. I'm very glad you broke all of this down for me.

[@aarongentile7232]

There's much $ to be made but its gonna cost a ton of $ to get into the business. Just ask a legal CA grower.

[@himfluencemusic]

Nice enjoy watching your videos

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Ty i appreciate bro

[@pratchmg]

I'm new to this....Can you get high from these cuttings?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

i wish

[@dalelane1948]

Bro, love your vids but I don’t even spend $50 a month on nutes. Love the “cognitive dissidents “ comments, long live a rational revolution.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

The membership is really for people the are making growing a full time job / career. I think there is more then enough free stuff on the channel for anyone. The membership tho is for people that need immediate service b/c it is their lively hood. Mark

[@gwarrichmond6232]

When would you think.....it's to late to do a *⅓* trimming. My plants are close to 4ft, outdoors of course. Usually I just do one heavy trim about 4 weeks before flower. But this way might produce more 🤔 Thanks

[@PerfectGardensTV]

the absolute lates i would go is 2 - 3 weeks into flowering. I recommend transition week tho

[@gwarrichmond6232]

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[@dalebronniman9060]

I cut them all off so the energy goes into the big tops. When the plant gets a bit larger, that's when I cut. Also, I keep a mother plant to ensure female and you don't want to keep cloning your clones as it washes out traits.

[@la7era1u54]

After about 7 generation is when the decline starts getting noticeable. It will start to devolve into a plant that resembles it's wild cousins....Basically it'll start getting more hemp-like traits, but it's over a very long time period and very slowly

[@edinelsonramirez5656]

It would be helpful to know the reasons you are doing the trimming!

[@PerfectGardensTV]

I hate that this video went viral out of all of them. Sometimes i think youtube mess with me

[@jasegtree4553]

Any marijuana growers guide or encyclopaedia will explain

[@mrtolson]

Thank you.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Anytime Mark

[@Carpenters_Canvas]

I think people loose a ton of bud because they don’t get it . People are ruining their grow by mainlining , I seen some pics where this kid picked off every single leaf , even attached to buds .. blows my mind . I normally let them bush out quite a bit .

[@PerfectGardensTV]

100% agree, they always say it is because they want the light to pernitrate. I just laugh in my head:)

[@Thailand-iz7bx]

Thank you

[@wildapache4396]

Does this help with yield my brother

[@RackwitzG]

Does this account for automatics as well?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

You have to be able to know the signs when the plants go into flowering so it's a little more difficult But yes

[@gregsmith7828]

i addition to cloning, ever consider taking part of that bottom 1/3, slicing as to graft, and apply root tone to the unleafed branches, directing that bottom 1/3 back into the ground to create a 3 root system?

[@amunm.7858]

What are you even saying right now bro

[@gregsmith7828]

@@amunm.7858 as a sprout, there are 3 stems, all of them leaves. there is the center, which promote vertical movement and the 2, offset, , or even, side stems, , which are for girth of a plant. If, you take the side/girth branches, slice as if you were grafting. instead, use root tone agent, which initiates root growth to those 2 side stems , and plant them via toothpicks and string, back into the ground. You have just created a 3 root system. in doing this, it will absorb water , as well as nutrients faster. . As well, prior to planting, place 1/2 a raw mackerel as the bottom of your planting hole, then coarse rock, gravel, lave rock also works well. then dirt/topsoil. the root system will go wild and your plant will absorb immensely. try just one sample, and compare it to another plant without and you'll see a difference. And your need to add supplemental vitamins will reduce as well.

[@la7era1u54]

Sounds like a fun experiment, but impractical if you're looking to maximize your yield and quality. Also you've just added another 3 or 4 weeks to the length of your grow, if you're lucky

[@gregsmith7828]

@@la7era1u54 actually. because of the new 3 root system, it'll take off like a rocket. try this "experiment" . take a clone, , make a 3 root system. put it, in a double stacked 5g bucket with water flow system. the bottom bucket, is for recirculation only. the top, is "slightly" perforated. . take a mackerel, lay it above 1 layer of lava rock. ( yes, the fish) on the bottom of the top bucket, add a layer of gunny sack material, cover with 12" of a dirt, gravel mix, and on top, , top soil./plant mix . plant your clone, secure secondary roots with toothpicks. . intense "sun" 12 on, 12 off, for 4 months, then switch to 8 on , 16 off. for a month. manicuring daily to reduce flower leaves. , at last week, clear all leaves. yank, hang, dry, enjoy. i know 5 months is a long time initially. but, in the long run? worth the wait

[@phillipbug958]

It just redirects plant matter upward so good for inside with stationary generally above lighting. Outdoor you’ll get same amount/ a lot more just leaving lower leaves except that touch ground

[@howtheheliru]

What do you ph your water? Are you all organic or liquid food. If your feeding liquid food , what do you ph that mix to? Thanks

[@PerfectGardensTV]

If in soil and i'm have a ph issue and my micros weren't established I would ph it 6 - 6.3. I normally water with trace minerals and as my soil get established with micros i might add kelp to my water. worms , casting , different type of mils like bone or blood etc. Mark

[@howtheheliru]

@@PerfectGardensTV Hey Mark, thank for the reply. My question was for a target ph number. This season will be my third grow. I am still learning and get many different answers . I use roots organic soil and my water out the tap is 7.0. I use small amounts of general hydroponics grow and bloom. I grow outdoors and last season was pretty good. I alway wonder if I should be ph ING my water down to 6.5 _ 6.0 as well as water with food.

[@fto4064]

@@howtheheliru yes you should your plant won't uptake certain nutrients if you ph is too high or too low creating nutrient deficiencies and stunting growth , 6.1 is a good ph for soil

[@kelhawk1]

I've had many plants in my single plant aero units, whose lowest branches produced the most bud. They were nearly as tall as the center stalk. Given all the space & nutes they need, that is how cannabis seems to like to grow. These are sentient beings that we so heartlessly hack on. Not only do they know full well what we want from them, but love personally delivering it to us. I don't know how to best make that happen, and feel better letting the plant decide whether to keep all it's parts. Most of the time, if an ugly looking fan leaf won't pop right off when tested, it stays.

[@mikerostine6253]

It's very nice clone branch but you have clipped your future Bud. Will you clone it and put it also in the garden?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Yes I would clone it and bring it into my indoor op if I wanted to keep growing after the outdoor season Mark

[@CT-dn3nb]

When is it too late to trim ?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

2 weeks into floweriing is the absolute latest in my opinion I do my best to not go past transactions week

[@sindromerecords6667]

Hi can you make a video on how to use the branch as a new plant?.. how to get it growing from just being cut . Thanks How to get the clone growing

[@scottsteward110]

Can I clone auto flowers. I've got some do si dos auto flower I was wanting to clone ....?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Yes but not revert them back to veg

[@scottsteward110]

So wym there . Can't revert back to veg ?

[@markrich3271]

I never understood. You grow your plant out only to chop half of it away. I do light trimming or lst . I would grow only half a plant before I chopped half of it.

[@08lecter]

hi from France, worry to see all the good topics are in english language my english so bad, I must repeat & repeat a 3,55 min vidéo, to be able to understand it. I teach growing and in same time teaching english language :) Thank you for sharing and sorry all for my horrible english.

[@AtomicHighJinx]

Hey Mark,love your videos. Could you do one on VPD?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Video coming up just for you! - Mark

[@AtomicHighJinx]

@@PerfectGardensTV Great,Can't wait to watch! Thank you

[@333106]

$50/month?! lmao does the subscription come with a monthly shipment of some strong heavy hitters? 🤣

[@CakeEater23]

thats what i was thinking hahaha

[@toddsamuel8532]

What's included in the subscription?? 😉

[@burgurs]

I would hope for $50 that you would get something tasty

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Yes because I will teach you how to to grow your own and preserve it long term so you will never run out

[@jackyelnats3543]

Maybe you get free beans every month in the subscription ?!

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Thank you you've been a great help

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[@bowhunter69]

The one you talk about taking clone seems to have caterpillars? Couple of holes in them leaves 😉

[@PerfectGardensTV]

You are right, I battel caterpillars and leaf hoppers, and grass hopper every season

[@bowhunter69]

@@PerfectGardensTV yeah lol , lil buggers 🤣 Kia kaha .

[@vernonwortman4387]

@@PerfectGardensTV put sum moth balls around bottom of your plant ..bugs and animals hate mothballs

[@teetstreats5682]

I don’t take clones until I know if it’s a male or female plant. Then I continue to always clone the females.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Hey Teet's I appreciate you commenting. I made a video around your comment. I will set it to go live in a few days Ty again Mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3bKkHise5WLec0

[@teetstreats5682]

@@PerfectGardensTV oh wow! Didn’t realize anyone really reads my comments, thanks for noticing. I used to run an 19 light indoor operation. My grow partner and me used to have discussions on weather taking clones every round weakens the strain. We grew J-1 and Super silver haze for like 5 years just taking clones. We never had an issue with the strains getting weak. What’s your experience with that? I’ll check out the new vid when it goes up.

[@derrellandrew1132]

where u got your good outdoor seeds

[@twentytwo138]

Can you do this with autoflowers? If yes, after how many weeks?

[@scottdoncon9647]

Would love to get an answer for this too

[@direwolfy1470]

Turns out you can't with autoflowers because technically they start off flowering I'd you did make a clone it wouldn't really grow into a full plant it'd just flower. You can only get autoflowers from seeds sadly

[@katrostorm3075]

Great advice! I learned something new today✌😁

[@marybwest4360]

can you use the top cutting to clone? why dose it have to come from the lateral branches?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Sorry it took so late reply Yes it can come from the top but normally most people want to grow their tops out completely

[@scottwallis258]

healthy whats up with the holes in the leaves?? dude soon as i saw that im out sugar

[@PerfectGardensTV]

My bugs I deal with in Colorado are leafhoppers, grasshoppers, caterpillars, moths, speider mites, aphids, whiteflyies and a few others. I use no pesticides and at times bugs will eat leaves. I kind of hate this video took off and went viral. Definitely not my best. Great Eye tho Scott Mark

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

That’s great for cloning but why would stress the plant by clipping its leaves?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

hey Hartlor, it is stressful when clipping clip because you are removing the photocells. I just shot a video on your question and Will post it in a few days Mark

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@PerfectGardensTV wow that’s great. I thought clipping stressed the plant because of the stored sugars in the leaf. The plant used energy to create the storage cells, seems to me that clipping deprives the plant of utilizing them. Thanks.

[@godisblackmatter7844]

Hartlor Tayley As long as you don't over prune it's perfectly fine. It reroutes the energy to created greater yields. A lot of vegetables are like that

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@godisblackmatter7844 I’ve been taking your advice and so far so good, especially the vegetables. Thanks

[@assog5737]

Those plants are way to little and young to be worrying about trimming the lower branches. What you should be doing is topping them at this stage. And if you top your plants correctly, those lower branches will catch up with the top of the plant. And this will create a good canopy. Then you just trim the little branches off of that lower branch that caught up with the canopy. Good try though dude.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

I agree with what you are sawing. I explain more in this video if you want to listen to this one as well I appreciate your post tho Ty Mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXvToISIfLqkm80

[@少爷威威]

Good video. When is the next? Thanks

[@PerfectGardensTV]

In the next day or 2 thank you for your kind words mark

[@cannafarmer]

Membership is for newbs not people who know what they are doing and 50$ is a hell of a deal to not ruin a grow. Think about it

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Ty bro

[@Hancock-r2v]

Means airflow and happy plant

[@dominickgarey7657]

Removing any leaf that is receiving light will decrease the amount of energy produced through photosynthesis. How about the fact that every leaf, receiving adequate light or not is absorbing CO2. Try removing only the apical and lateral leaf buds. You stop further growth on unwanted lower branches, but not wasting the energy put out to produce those branches and leaves. The only reason to remove the leaves fully is if they are not longer a healthy green color and unable to photosynthisise.

[@PerfectGardensTV]

well said:)

[@dominickgarey7657]

@RLTW I was talking about veg. only. I absolutely agree with you, and I defoliate slowly during flowering to increase light penetration to fill out those lower budsites. The more UV light that hits those flowers directly, the better your buds will look and smell for sure. Between you and your buddy, your quality is better whereas he probably gets a slightly higher yield. It depends on your goals. If your looking to increase light to your lowers, try a small led facing upwards underneath the foliage. Leaves can photosynthesis from below too!

[@nite_hawk3167]

Do you need to ph water on a out side grow?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Yes, if it is above 7 constantly

[@nite_hawk3167]

Thanks

[@ia4533]

Can you do it while an auto flower is flowering

[@jmorrison44601]

Quick question why not just take your cutting and once it is rooted then force the cutting into flower rather than your mother plant?

[@jmorrison44601]

If the cutting is male then destroy the mother plant unless you intend on breeding

[@sodman4874]

Because he's doing it the hard way.

[@MrDr4Hire650]

What’s the process to clone those clippings??

[@cibdizzy]

Leave your plants alone don't listen to all this internet so called experts. If you want bigger yields just grow more plants. Plants do fine themselves no help needed.

[@GMPC]

I’m very new to this and my plants are a few weeks from being done. I was told to cut all my feeder leaves off. Do you have a video explaining when to cut off feeder leaves at every stage and how do I know when my buds are mature?

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Do not take leave off unless infected or room has to much humidity. Will cause stress and lower yield overall

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