Also, a clear sign of an inexperienced noob is one that is hell bent on yanking off leaves and doing stupid stuff like flushing. Where in the hell people come up with such crazy stuff is beyond me.
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True that. I remember my brother pulling off all the shade leaves three weeks into flowering. He heard it from some old hippy dude. I warned him what would happen but he didn't listen. His buds never got any bigger. He ended up with the scrawniest little buds ever, and it was a fat producing indica strain. Stupid stupid. What are people thinking when they do stupid shit like this.
I remember what he said afterwards. "I'll never do that again!"
If you want your buds to stop forming, pull off the shade leaves. If you want fat buds, leave them on. It's simple.