Howdy partners!
I am wondering if any one of you guys has ever defoliated rooted clones? It could be beneficial for pest treatment if it works. Defoliate the clones and flush them under the tap.
I’ve never tried it but am curious to do so. Unless somebody here has tried it without luck.
Would NOT get rid of all pest, if any
I’d avoid defoliation but would submerge the plant in somehting to deal with anything that tagged along for the ride.
I have and still do defoliate some clones, especially big teens with much foliage. Never seen adverse effects but I also only take a few at a time
How come? Do they jump back on the remaining twigs? 
Many people spend weeks and lots of money killing pest. If it was as simple as washing them under the tap do you think they would do it? You appear to not be aware of cannabis pest like spider mites. But by all means use the tap for pest prevention
I’ve tried that a lot of times, but only pyrethrum is available here which is too harsh for the plants.
Believe me i am aware of them and i’ve tried lots of methods if not all.
But i don’t say this method that i am suggesting works do i? I just want to investigate and nobody is obliged to join me. So what’s the problem?
Have you ever gone as far as removing all the leafs from a fresh rooted clone?
Investigate away. Search results for 'pest' - Overgrow.com
I want to investigate defoliation for pest control. So far you have not supplied me with any links about this matter plus your claim it won’t remove any pest is hard to swallow. I mean, it certainly removes the pests on the leafs.
Not all but I’ve left just 1-2 many times.
lol! Boom! Drop the knowledge H-Bomb!
You can definitely clean the pests off using nothing but water. I got rid of aphids, thrips and mites that way.
Russet mites and broad mites will not be eradicated this way, but many other pests can be succesfully eradicated, although to be successful repetition and close inspection will remain necessary nonetheless both to prevent re-infestation and to take care of remaining survivors or newly hatched eggs.
I’ve taken clones and defoliated to just a few leaves for spider mite control. Makes spotting individuals and especially eggs doable, provided you have the eyes and patience to search every millimeter a few times. It can be done. Take several clones. Keep 'em separated.
I shouldn’t have said mite control. Elimination.
Hopefully final edit: Toss the mom.
Another method I’ve personally used (but which did not eradicate the russet mites I was battling) is to use tween, yucca extract, or another plant soap or surfactant together with Flying Skull in a large bucket, put some airstones in (in my case I used an ozone generator instead of a normal air pump) to start foaming it up, and then give the entire plants a foam dip, then leave them like that for half an hour or so before rinsing them off in the shower.
Looks like a giant cotton candy stick.
ALWAYS water your plants BEFORE you use Flying Skull, because it’ll do a serious number on the ladies if you don’t.
A rooted clone is almost essentially a teen plant no?
You can defoliate during most (but not all) stages of growth.
But defoliation alone as a pest control solution would not be effect. It may appear temporarily effective, but you will still have to deal with whatever pest remains before it repopulates. Otherwise there was no point in pulling leaves to begin with.
Going to have to give @JoeCrowe’s PROTOCOL 0 a big 
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Yes…even on rooted Clones
Had some rooted clones that I found a mite or two on.
After 30-35 min under water no sign of the little $hit$ moving around.
and yes, I should have followed PROTOCOL 0 exactly and removed the larger leaves but it was testing the whole process for the 1st time.
and yes, I did mic them numerous times a day after this and even hit with standard IPM regiment.
@Hamme Check out @JoeCrowes PROTOCOL 0 You will be happy you did 
