Generally I just lollipop them all. Its what I was taught out here. But I wanted to see why I'm doing that and not the other things.
When I pull my cola plants plants down I'll get some pics to compare with you. Everyone's colas seem thin and stretched on this end of the country this year.
Wish I could drink a cola with you but il settle for comparing and smoking some in thought of you.
Ya, I grow indoors. I'd do the same thing outdoors though. I ONLY remove leaves for airflow inside the canopy. I don't remove them just because they're blocking light. Outdoors I would still do little selective defoliation, and I mean a little. It would help with pests too like @Wizzlebiz said.
I try to do most of it before the flip. It's even better if you do it gradually starting when they're younger, but I do it all at flip too sometimes. I also will do a final touch up trim at week 3 since flip, then I don't mess with them. I've also done it once a week for the first few weeks little by little. It's all given me the same results. I think @Renfro said it wasn't good to mess with them at the start of flip and to wait for week 3 to do any trimming, but don't quote me on that. I don't wanna put words in his mouth. I've gotten nanners with some sensitive strains so I'm not doing everything right, lol.
My indoor is stripped pretty much by last week of veg. I then continue pulling leaves as they grow where I don't want them until week 5 of flower. I'm happy with the results.
Leaving just the cluster of leaves around the colas you plan to keep?
Those should stay pretty compact. These outgrew my space by a few inches due to branching out.
At week three: early or late? Day 15 or 20 ... ?
I do a final trim at day 21. So at the end of week 3.
Thanks for clarifying.
exactly what I did with defoliated. Day 1 of flower and day 21 of flower.
