SCHWAZZING AUTOFLOWER

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[420autoflower]

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.

Your plant looks good @Ronesko_420
Wouldn't hurt to pull off the yellowing leaves and any that are covering bud sites.

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?

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Yes… different genetics and late flowering plants in general are what creates problems for me. I can have a 16 plant SOG growing with the same strain that were all germinated at the same time and I always end up with a couple late bloomers. That not only throws my schwazzing schedule off but also makes my canopies look terrible. I will usually discard plants that are way behind and won’t be able to catch up. I actually have one right now that I’m ready to toss if it doesn’t start showing me pistils. Lol.

BTW… nice looking crop you have there brother!

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Think this will be in my future this weekend, thanks for the show peeps.

 

[Humanrob]

Yes… different genetics and late flowering plants in general are what creates problems for me. I can have a 16 plant SOG growing with the same strain that were all germinated at the same time and I always end up with a couple late bloomers. That not only throws my schwazzing schedule off but also makes my canopies look terrible. I will usually discard plants that are way behind and won’t be able to catch up. I actually have one right now that I’m ready to toss if it doesn’t start showing me pistils. Lol.

BTW… nice looking crop you have there brother!

Thanks for the response and kind feedback! I hope I can keep them healthy to the end.

 

[420autoflower]

This is them a week later

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Here are some finishing pics of the Beaver testers that were schwazzed twice during flowering which were both documented on this thread. They have about another week to go and still doing well. All three are decent size plants and they should end up producing some good weight with absolutely no larf. I know for a fact that these plants wouldn’t have grown so well and I would’ve ended up with over half of it being a bunch of unwanted fluff bud if it wasn’t for all the heavy pruning.

 

[Zaaboot]

greasy looking goodness, great show from two plants there @420autoflower

 

[Humanrob]

Here are some finishing pics of the Beaver testers that were schwazzed twice during flowering which were both documented on this thread. They have about another week to go and still doing well. All three are decent size plants and they should end up producing some good weight with absolutely no larf. I know for a fact that these plants wouldn’t have grown so well and I would’ve ended up with over half of it being a bunch of unwanted fluff bud if it wasn’t for all the heavy pruning.

Another amazing example of schwazzing succeeding.

I have a question for you, are the dark main stems in this picture accurate? Sometimes photos don't come across accurately. Is that stem coloration particular to this strain genetically, or if it has something to do with feeding or PH? I'm getting some purple in my stems this run and I'm wondering how concerned I should be. It doesn't seem to be holding yours back at all.

Also, have you ever had schwazzing go badly or not work out as you had hoped? We all love to share our successes, but there can be so much to be learned from things that went sideways.

 

[420autoflower]

Thanks for the reps @blue and @St. Tom!
Much appreciated fellas!

 

[420autoflower]

greasy looking goodness, great show from two plants there @420autoflower

Thanks brother!
Was thinking of following your lead and tossing it all in the freezer and bubble hashing everything later. Should press into some good rosin.

 

[420autoflower]

Another amazing example of schwazzing succeeding.

I have a question for you, are the dark main stems in this picture accurate? Sometimes photos don't come across accurately. Is that stem coloration particular to this strain genetically, or if it has something to do with feeding or PH? I'm getting some purple in my stems this run and I'm wondering how concerned I should be. It doesn't seem to be holding yours back at all.

Also, have you ever had schwazzing go badly or not work out as you had hoped? We all love to share our successes, but there can be so much to be learned from things that went sideways.

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Funny that you ask… I was wondering the same thing a couple weeks ago. They are dark purple almost burgundy but started out green as can be. Just checked the Beavers thread and it looks like they started turning purple around day 60 but I have no idea what caused it. Really wasn’t concerned when I first noticed the color change since they were doing well and assumed it had something to do with genetics or the plants maturing.
Never had a negative schwazzing experience only positive. More light and air flow down below, dramatically lowers humidity, reduces the odds of getting powdery mildew and best of all increases yield.
All the pruning gets to be tedious and a lot of work once in awhile with growing SOG but the payoff is always worth it in the end.

 

[Hog_M@Gundy]

Funny that you ask… I was wondering the same thing a couple weeks ago. They are dark purple almost burgundy but started out green as can be. Just checked the Beavers thread and it looks like they started turning purple around day 60 but I have no idea what caused it. Really wasn’t concerned when I first noticed the color change since they were doing well and assumed it had something to do with genetics or the plants maturing.
Never had a negative schwazzing experience only positive. More light and air flow down below, dramatically lowers humidity, reduces the odds of getting powdery mildew and best of all increases yield.
All the pruning gets to be tedious and a lot of work once in awhile with growing SOG but the payoff is always worth it in the end.