Cabbagelit
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I was wondering is too early to prune the leaves that are discolored??
Can i prune these bottom leaves?
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PadawanWarrior
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No. I would prune them.
Cabbagelit
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Okay are these leaves good to be pruned as well? I trimmed a little bit already. I want to get rid of the bigger yellow leaves as well. Also here’s a pic of what I got so far. My first time growing things seem to be looking healthy
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Cabbagelit
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My thoughts on trimming it. Is because I’d rather the plant use it’s energy on new growth. Instead of it wasting its energy on leaves were yellow. And also weren’t going to bud much anyways. If you think I should leave it. I’ll definitely follow your advice. I’m a new comer so any advice helps
JohnDee
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Leave them for now. They are still valuable to your plant. The energy that your plant uses to grow new leaves...comes from the old leaves.
Pruning should be a part of a plan. If you need to control height...topping should be considered. That sort of thing. But defoliation on a vegging plant like that makes no sense.
A better question might be...why are they yellowing? If you want to explore that...you will need to give more info on the grow.
JD
JohnDee
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You can tell when a leaf is dead. totally dried up. I pluck them off at that point.
I guess my main point is that being a little yellow is not a good reason to defoliate. Good luck...
JD
Cabbagelit
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Okay got it. Thank you for the tips. I’m glad I asked.
Cabbagelit
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Also reason for yellowing is what I believe to be nute burn early on maybe like 2 weeks in. Ever since she went into the new soil. She has been doing wayyyy better. That’s how the other plant looked when it went in the new pot and it’s doing great so I expect the same. Compost tea and it’s new home help fixed the issue.
NoobieNugs
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I wouldn't trim them until you have some more growth. If they start to die fair enough. Definitely lower your PPMs though. Over watering or feeding just stunts the growth during veg. As well as the nute burn you see here. Dark green and shiny is a sign of over feeding (N) nute burn is way over what the plant is happy with.