Can I trim some shit of to allow light?

Tekcor

Tekcor

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Hi all basically my plant is getting to bushy and to high for my grow tent setup. Here is some pics... Ive just started 12/12 for flowering, but its damn bushy. Plant is around 35 days old... Can i trim to allow light and tidy it up a bit?

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smokinrav

smokinrav

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You can, but don't do it.

Learn about photosynthesis and how it relates to the inverse square law.
 
Closetgardner

Closetgardner

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surely he can lift her skirt a little! ive read on this forum somewhere that u can trim 20% without stressing her too much.i always trim all the lower shit to let air thru the underneath
 
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monkeybones

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Closetgardner said:
surely he can lift her skirt a little! ive read on this forum somewhere that u can trim 20% without stressing her too much.i always trim all the lower shit to let air thru the underneath
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no, do not listen to this

there is no reason to prune off a healthy leaf
 
Justin00

Justin00

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in early flower i never take anything except the lower portion of the plant to clear up for air flow, but atm i am dealing with plants a lot bigger than the one pictured. at that size i see no reason to trim anything. in late flower (week 7+ since flowering starts), however, i will remove most yellowing leaves and occasionally remove a very few key fan leaves that are blocking buds.
 
superstoner1

superstoner1

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i trim fans at weeks 2 & 5 pretty aggressively with no detriment to the plant. in fact my yields went up when i started trimming.
 
chrishydro

chrishydro

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Only fan leaves that begin to look distressed, which will happen during flower. When you cut them do not cut them by the stalk cut them by the leaf and let the stem dry up and fall off on its own. (that is important) Now as to space, I ran into the same issue last grow, I had to tie it down to keep out of the light. I put weights and stuff on the floor and strung strings to the weights to get selected branches out of the way. This also allowed light down inside the plant.

Dont cut off things that look good.
 
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Cheifin420

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chrishydro said:
When you cut them do not cut them by the stalk cut them by the leaf and let the stem dry up and fall off on its own. (that is important)
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Ive never heard that before. Actually Ive heard the exact opposit. Ive always thought your suposed to try to get as close to stalk as possible.
 
smokinrav

smokinrav

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Justin00 said:
in early flower i never take anything except the lower portion of the plant to clear up for air flow, but atm i am dealing with plants a lot bigger than the one pictured. at that size i see no reason to trim anything. in late flower (week 7+ since flowering starts), however, i will remove most yellowing leaves and occasionally remove a very few key fan leaves that are blocking buds.
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Lower stuff, sucker stems, I all for trimming those away. Do not remove a healthy fan leaf to get light lower in the plant. You'll get light to the lower portions of the plant, where leaf surface area is much less and further away from the light source.

superstoner1 said:
i trim fans at weeks 2 & 5 pretty aggressively with no detriment to the plant. in fact my yields went up when i started trimming.
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Well, your observation is opposite mine. I've done the trimming leaves shit twice over the last 12 years, just to make sure, and all my yields decreased by 20% in a completely dialed in perpetual harvest room. I'm betting it's just that you were a better grower by the time you got around to trying this myth out, and have been robbing yourself of yield ever since.
 
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