Yellowing Leaves

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Hello community!

I’m on my second season of outdoor growing. I’m learning as I’m able to. I’m an accomplished indoor grower (shout out to old overgrow & BushyOG)!

My geographical region begins getting cold in September. By Halloween, on most days, it’s time to put a coat on. See my grow at this link, if curious. Here is an older pic:

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Bubblegum- Serious Seeds
Super Skunk and Blue Dream both Nirvana Seeds

I have a question about yellowing leaves.

Should I remove leaves as they turn yellow? Is there anything detrimental to leaving the yellow leaves on and letting them die and fall off?

We’ve had a large amount of rain recently here, and I’ve got some bud rot on one plant that is also the 1 of 4 closest to maturity.

We hada 7 straight days of rain, one day with almo no rain, then 6 more straight days of rain. I ended up with bud rot.

I notice the bud rot will have dead leaves on it as well.

Is the bud rot caused by the yellowing leaves that eventually die? Is the dead leave/stem intrducing bad bactyeria that causes the bud rot?

I sprayed the crop witht an AACT the other day (just now able to afford materials to brew it). The other 3 plants don’t have huge colas on them like the plant that I reference above; so I those do not have bud rot, currently.

Should I remove the leaves as they yellow? Is it purely asthetic or are they caustic?

I’ll be applying abother AACT in a day or two. Should I be concerned about applying AACT to a flowering grow?

Thanks for any adavice!
Here is a recent pic:

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If they are yellow senescing lowers I pull them off but only because I don’t like to look at them.

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No reason in keeping anything dead that blocks light in the canopy, I always take them. Plus it looks bad. :joy:

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I think that discoloration comes from the excess rain, you should trim them as weak or deficient leaves are the gate entrance to bugs and mould … beer3|nullxnull

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Trim them off bro. It will give you a chance to really get a good look at your plants. I see them yellowing leaves as a broken solar panel that not helping me out. Just my thoughts :thought_balloon:. :sunglasses::v::+1:

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As above, remove them when they are no longer contributing.

  • serves as a breeding ground for various types of fungus
  • improves air flow

That said, I do it over a few days so it minimizes the ‘shock’ to the plant.

Cheers
G

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Pluck em off and doing an even more intense defoliation at around 6 weeks, I’m stripping my plants of all fan leaves knowing I have a week or two left to give them that final shove. Those leaves are mobile nutrients for the plant so u can tell the heavy feeders the heavier yellowing u get towards the end, when ur at the last two weeks strip it all so the plant feeds on anything left inside for a nice smooth smoke not left with excess nutrients in the buds

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I agree, defoliate like it’s nobody’s business!