preparing the plants for flowering

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Anony Mous

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hi everyone,

this is my fist post and i did try to not post and find the information on the forum with very little luck since most of the links to youtube are dead

so can anyone help me with a link to a video on how to remove useless leaves and young branches from the plant ... the ones that are useless or will produce very small buds? i mean is my plant supposed to look like a bunch of branches with a few leaves at that the top of every branch?

i kept some plants in a vegetative state for a while now because i really did not have time for them and now i removed a lot of the branches from the bottom ... imagine that half the height of each plant has no branch at the moment since those branches were almost dead .. so now i decided to keep the green and healthy ones and clean them up so that air and light can penetrate more ... i am just scared to remove things that might be useful for the flowering stage

thanks
 
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Anony Mous

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LetsGetCritical said:
you aren't supposed to hack at the plant before going into flower, the plant should be green and lush and full of leaves, a multitude of healthy leaves is what you want going into flower.
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ok cool ... then can you help me understand what this guy si doing here

pruning and trimming in vegetative state?

thanks
 
LetsGetCritical

LetsGetCritical

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no you can remove some very lower shoots just ones that are small and aren't getting much light but better to explore low stress training techniques to maintain an even canopy. pics would be helpful
 
latewood

latewood

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Fan leaves are necessary in ordr for the plant to uptake nutrients, and breathe. I agree with most said above. You do not want to just start removing stems and branches, but, you can clip off the very small sucker type new growth below the main stem and lowest mature branches. i have done this for years in order to create better air circulation around the bottom of the canopy. :)

You do not want to remove any of the large mature leaves or stems above the bottom. This causes stress and takes away from development.
 
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Anony Mous

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although i can make a fool of myself with this question ... isn't this guy trying to achieve the "see of green" effect?
 
green217

green217

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Like everyone else is recommending I'd just leave them alone, don't start cutting on your plants. I personally don't do any trimming once I get to with in 2 weeks of flipping them to 12/12. Don't try to overcomplicate this, they are just plants, keep their environment stable, and fertilize as needed, mother nature will take care of the rest.
 
K J

K J

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Loli popping isn't a new concept. It's just one of those things that everyone has a different opinion on, some folk say it does more harm than good, some swear by it. If you do decide to do it though give it a week or two to recover before flipping to 12/12. It does look like that guy in the video went a little over board, pretty much what I've read is bottom 3rd, not half the damn plant that seems excessive.
 
latewood

latewood

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LetsGetCritical said:
SOg generally indica varieties with single main colas, smaller plants but a lot of them put into flower earlier than usual, I think , never done it[/QUOTE
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We all know that growing successfully is a matter of many little personal choices. We adapt; The plant adapts. We know that re-potting, and transition causes some stress. ( I feel this is a normal process :).

When growing in soil; I have for years now; Pruned below the main stems, re-pot from 1 gallon pots, and induce 12/12 all in one day. This is my standard practice with plants I grow in 3 gallon pots. Personal choice. my concept is: "Why not do all that stress the plant at once, and the let it be) It works for me.

Give it a go. :D
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