Defoliation study

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Defoliation vs No(little) defoliation

This is from a cat that went by the handle nmeeks. Thought he did a really good job at explaining this. Sources vs. Sinks First of all, you will need to understand the concept of Source vs. Sink within a plant. Pretty self explanatory, a source is any part of the plant that generates more photosynthate (sugar) than it requires for growth, and a sink is any part of the plant that requires more photosynthate than it can produce (or is producing). What is key to understand with this is that a pla…

A good read from the defoliation thread already started. Goodluck finding all your answers. Also be aware that study seems to be 33 years old and should be viewed as such.