Defoliation vs No(little) defoliation

[OldUncleBen]

@neogitus

Since you like to nitpick everyone I’ll nitpick you a bit. This plant here has classic symptoms of N toxicity with the leaves starting to claw from the top. If this is what 50+ years of growing experience gets then I would suggest people not follow your advice as gospel.

South Texas heat. Moisture stress, a ditty I wrote years ago and plagarized by many.

Plant moisture stress - symptoms and solutions

Contributed by: Uncle Ben [image] Photo reflects leaf cupping and instances of tip burn here and there, caused by high temperatures from a HPS lamp. Quite often I hear groans from folks having leaf problems - ?Help, my leaves are cupping and the leaf edges are turning brown!?, or, ?My plant's leaf tips are curling down and turning black ....what's wrong?? Unless insect damage has occurred or the plant is suffering from a severe case of calcium deficiency, the plant is trying to tell you …

Plenty of posers in these here parts, pardner.