Tightly_Wound
Well-Known Member
Hi gang. I have 16 plants outdoors in somewhat close proximity. im in sw ontario. these aren't california big but big for ontario! They are in the ground and are slightly touching but i have used this plot many years and it works. Maybe not spaced ideally but it works great. They are all 6-8 ft tall atm and its a jungle of vegetation. the past few years I have had better buds by cutting off everything on the bottom 2.5-3 ft of the stalk. I just find those branches grow 4 ft long just to poke out from under these plants and just amount to tiny wispy buds that take more time to trim than big ones. I also believe that cutting off these wispy lower branches/bud sites concentrates more volumes to the upper buds that receive better light.
My question is..: things are just starting to flower a touch. as far as defoliating outdoors goes.... what should i do? Keep removing branches that aren't getting much light starting from the bottom and going up? Just remove 30% of the big old fan leaves? I don't want to stunt these things but they are already going to be monsters as flower hasn't even really settled in. I guess my goal is to have less bud sites with bigger buds and get rid of the stuff that is lower down and doesnt get much light and just results in a 4' branch with a g of popcorn on it
thanks
My question is..: things are just starting to flower a touch. as far as defoliating outdoors goes.... what should i do? Keep removing branches that aren't getting much light starting from the bottom and going up? Just remove 30% of the big old fan leaves? I don't want to stunt these things but they are already going to be monsters as flower hasn't even really settled in. I guess my goal is to have less bud sites with bigger buds and get rid of the stuff that is lower down and doesnt get much light and just results in a 4' branch with a g of popcorn on it
thanks