Im scrogging outdoor on a balcony, in a relatively humid atlantic coast nearby climate. After losing about half an ounce of.my autos to bud rot, i decided to go one step beyond the regular "under the net" trimming for my photoperiod plant. I trimmed her a lot. I was also fighting spider mites, and spraying neem late in flower on my autos, as well as a few weeks of rain close to harvest really screwed me over. My photo is mid to late flower so to avoid having to spray with neem ive been regularly removing.leaves that have mites larvae or eggs on them. Personally i wouldn't have removed SO many leaves if i didn't have to as I'm sure the stress will slow her down a bit, but even so have had to.cut away sections that show early signs of bud rot. Im getting powdery mildew too.
This pic.is.from last week, ive since.trimmed even.more
Heres a pic.of what she looked.like before with my very small autos around her.too
Look im barely finishing my.second grow so dont have much knowledge to impart other than....if you have a reason to trim ie airflow (like me) and ventilation, humidity issues etc etc, then go for it. I didn't post a thread, i did my research and made the call to do.it. I'm happy i did. I may have lost the whole plant to.bud rot had i not.done anything and id still be spraying neem on flowering plants to kill off the spider mites.
Even after all the trimming im.still checking each bud thoroughly almost.daily. I would have thought personally that being outside, the air circulation would not be an issue but in my case its not true....
i don't think i would trim the leaves in the hope that the buds would get bigger.....perhaps if i had many plants to expwriment with as a previous poster has done, then id.give.it a.shot. Why not. i have still tried.to leave a few fan leaves on but needed to get better light penetration to the smaller bud sites.too
I would have thought different strains would react differently too