Is it ok to trim leaves in flowering?

[Gareth Jehan]

Hi,
Just one question with this auto. It’s gone into flowering now, I’ve seen different points of few in terms of removing fan leaves & leaves to the bottom of the plant. Please any advice welcome. Still just 13 inches, is this normal? week 6 now.
Thanks

 

[MY OWN DANK]

Trim away my friend...although that plant looks pretty good as is...doesn't look like the leaves are covering budsites very bad...I would maybe clean up the bottom for airflow and to make it easier to water

 

[Dorian2]

I just trimmed my Auto's 2 days ago. 6 weeks in flower. They're loving it!! First time I've trimmed as well.

 

[Gareth Jehan]

Ok, cheers pal. Is the height of my plant normal at 13 inch? It’s white widow. Yours are looking great and taller than mine.

 

[Millo]

Ok, cheers pal. Is the height of my plant normal at 13 inch? It’s white widow. Yours are looking great and taller than mine.

I've got a WW auto as well. Your height is good for the plant's age. You will see that as time passes those buds will get chunky and the plant will stretch a bit more. I would however upgrade to a full spectrum ( white ) quantum board in the future to replace those burples.

 

[Millo]

Oh yeah, on a sidenote if your fan leaves are covering up your buds I would suggest tucking them away instead of trimming. No reason to stress the plant if the problem can be avoided. But if you do trim healthy leaves, I've read you should only trim like 1 - max 2 leaves at a time with 1-2 days in between so the plant can recover

 

[Gareth Jehan]

Gotcha, cheers pal. What advantages is there to having a full spectrum light? I’ve previously used HPI & changed bulbs in flowering. I wasn’t aware that the LED’s differ, but will research. Thanks again.

 

[MY OWN DANK]

I trim pretty heavily and regularly throughout the entire life of the plant...thinning it out for airflow, light penetration to budsites, and to get rid of all the little twigs n shoots that won't amount to anything...its a debated topic but it works for me and plants always seem happier and seem to benefit from it

 

[Gareth Jehan]

Ok cheers, will do a little trimming.

 

[Dorian2]

Ok, cheers pal. Is the height of my plant normal at 13 inch? It’s white widow. Yours are looking great and taller than mine.

I'm pretty new at this. My last auto, Jack H and Lambs Breathe, were quite a bit smaller than these things. Different suppliers. These are Pacific Seed Bank.

 

[RacrX]

You want to trim up the bottoms before you go into full gear flowering. General rule of thumb is to pull all the budsites that are on about the lower inside half of a branch and deep into the plant. You get a feel for what won't be producing anything worth while. bottom branches that are flimsy or not seeing light can go too. I don't mess with the top 4th or so of the plant at all in flower. If a leaf is really blocking light to a set of buds i may clip it but ill tuck them if it will work and make sense too. Low leaves that aren't contributing any longer and sometimes damaged leaves ill snip. All that said id go easy with it being a small auto. Not much you need to pull off in that case.
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This very common myth "stressing the plant" has got to go. Pulling some leaves or some branches off a plant doesn't "stress" it. Beating it up, feeding wrong, etc... these are things that DAMAGE a plant not "stress" it. Plants don't give a shit about a little manicure as long as they have what they need to repair and recover. Watch it come back twice as strong and vigorous.

 

[Dorian2]

Oh yeah, on a sidenote if your fan leaves are covering up your buds I would suggest tucking them away instead of trimming. No reason to stress the plant if the problem can be avoided. But if you do trim healthy leaves, I've read you should only trim like 1 - max 2 leaves at a time with 1-2 days in between so the plant can recover

Then you wouldn't want to see the bushel I chopped off the other day.