Mulekicker
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Ok simple question, lets see if it stays on topic for more than 2 replies.
Outdoor, full season grow, Early flowering.
You went on vacation and the girls went wild and now you have big thick monsters that should have been pruned a bit more before they started flowering, but you're a few weeks into flower now.
At this point, do you
(A) think it is more helpful to prune out small branches near the trunk, strip down some of the inner flowers that will never amount to anything, etc
OR
(B) leave it as is and just clean out dead stuff.
I'm not worried about airflow or pests/mold, (I mean I am, but not for this question), this is strictly for yield. I've already thinned several times, but I always wonder what is the last point at which pruning is helpful to yield, vs. when it is taking away from yield. I'm not talking about stripping green fan leaves to let light inside or any of that shit, I'm talking about pruning out spindly little branches low down or deep in the plant that are otherwise healthy, but won't produce anything but larfy buds.
Note: For an experiment, last year I did zero pruning or thinning on some plants. They grew huge and yielded respectably, but for their size I expected more. Unfortunately it was a bad experiment because I didn't have a control plant for a side by side comparison. This year I am going to leave some alone and prune some more heavily to see what happens, but I'm curious what the forum thinks anyway.
Outdoor, full season grow, Early flowering.
You went on vacation and the girls went wild and now you have big thick monsters that should have been pruned a bit more before they started flowering, but you're a few weeks into flower now.
At this point, do you
(A) think it is more helpful to prune out small branches near the trunk, strip down some of the inner flowers that will never amount to anything, etc
OR
(B) leave it as is and just clean out dead stuff.
I'm not worried about airflow or pests/mold, (I mean I am, but not for this question), this is strictly for yield. I've already thinned several times, but I always wonder what is the last point at which pruning is helpful to yield, vs. when it is taking away from yield. I'm not talking about stripping green fan leaves to let light inside or any of that shit, I'm talking about pruning out spindly little branches low down or deep in the plant that are otherwise healthy, but won't produce anything but larfy buds.
Note: For an experiment, last year I did zero pruning or thinning on some plants. They grew huge and yielded respectably, but for their size I expected more. Unfortunately it was a bad experiment because I didn't have a control plant for a side by side comparison. This year I am going to leave some alone and prune some more heavily to see what happens, but I'm curious what the forum thinks anyway.
