SCHWAZZING AUTOFLOWER

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[420autoflower]

Did the second and final schwazz and cola shearing last week on the Beaver testers.

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This is them a week later

 

[Egg]

This is them a week later

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Looks awesome in there, if I get half of that with the current run I'll be well happy

 

[420autoflower]

Mucho Gracias @BorincanaLaCucu!
Me alegra que te guste.

 

[420autoflower]

Looks awesome in there, if I get half of that with the current run I'll be well happy

Thank you @Eggboy!
How did your last crop end up turning out? All dried yet?

 

[NORB YIPPLS]

Got the scrog net up last night and they gonna be getting Scwhazzed when the time is right.
What u think @420autoflower. Another week at least?

 

[Egg]

Thank you @Eggboy!
How did your last crop end up turning out? All dried yet?

Not quite @420autoflower, got 1 hubbabubbahaze dragging her heels but buds are solid and I'm happy with the results. That was my first time schwazzing and also topping but I'll be practicing both from now on thanks to you and @hope2grow, you've certainly got it down to an art.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

You probably have the basic idea now, trim away the fan leaves. Be advised timing, approach, quantity, and nutrients all play a huge part in this equation. If these exercises aren’t executed properly you can ruin your crop.

Timing is a big question for me...When do we defoliate?

Warning - rememeber when you take leaves most will; not grow back depending on time defoliated. here is when yopu do it - 3days before 12.12 flip and 4th week of flower. Just be careful !! another reference source is GrowWeedEasy - have a picture of process

That's for photo's, but what with auto's?

 

[420autoflower]

Got the scrog net up last night and they gonna be getting Scwhazzed when the time is right.
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Wow! Nice looking canopy Slippy.
Good time to do a final defoliation but I don’t think its necessary to completely strip them down. You have some good light penetration and airflow already from what it looks like.

Not quite @420autoflower, got 1 hubbabubbahaze dragging her heels but buds are solid and I'm happy with the results. That was my first time schwazzing and also topping but I'll be practicing both from now on thanks to you and @hope2grow, you've certainly got it down to an art.

I’m sure they came out nice bro… they looked very dense and frosty in your last pre-harvest pics.
Great growing!

Timing is a big question for me...When do we defoliate?



That's for photo's, but what with auto's?

All depends on how dense my canopies are but I typically like to do the first strip towards the end of the second week of flower and the second round of heavy pruning at the end of the fourth week of flower. If I notice my R/H climbing or excessive stretch then I might do the first schwazz sooner.

 

[Ronesko_420]

Advice on this? Looks like it’s fox tailing, should I defoliate all the yellowing leaves and some that are curling? Took a good amount off today already before the picture. Trying not to stress her too much lol. 5 week ish in flower.

 

[Humanrob]

I'm curious if any of the more experienced 'schwazzers' have noticed any plant characteristics that make a strain a better or worse candidate for schwazzing? What made me think of this is that my Fugue State is a very sativa leaning pheno, and when it came time to do the second trim it had not developed many new leaves compared to the others. Some of my more Indica leaning strains filled right back out again after the first trim. I ended out taking most of those new leaves off the FS, hopefully I didn't go to hard with it.

Completed my second round. No doubt there is more light getting through. Six different strains, each was it's own challenge. Possibly the hardest one was the Cosmic Queen, because the whole top of the plant is covered with frost, even the fan leaves. Great "problem" to have, but it did require a lot of trimming choices.

Overall so far I'd say schwazzing makes more sense if you are growing all one strain (or very similar ones). As I mentioned before, I have to do these all at once, and I have quick-to-finish and slower/longer strains started together that all got trimmed on the same schedule, and I don't think that's optimal. If they all manage to do well, that will indicate a lot of flexibility with this style of growing.

The first six weeks are always the easiest for me with autos, it's the next six+ that could be a challenge. Hopefully I can keep them properly fed and happy. Knowing there are no fan leaves for them to cannibalize, my tendency is going to be to feed them more, but I'm assuming I should resist that urge?