Prune or Not to Prune
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Mumbeltypeg
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So long as you clear some of the lower stuff.. you want good airflow under your canopy.
Mumbeltypeg
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If you prune your smaller buds and branches then it puts more energy into the ones you want.. might not get more, but better looking buds and more convenient when it comes to trimming.
PopAndSonGrows
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Pruning a little is better than not pruning at all.
Plants will always make more leaves than they actually need, especially as it pertains to growing indoors.
Plants will always make more leaves than they actually need, especially as it pertains to growing indoors.
higher self
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You can just pluck the lower bud sites & leave the fan leaves intact. I do clean up the lowers pretty good unless im making seeds or possible need the lowers for reveg sites
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calvin.m16
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Day 20 from 12/12 flip
Day 21
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All preference.. I like how it fills out mid/lower buds much better and allows more even ripening throughout the canopy. More light to the buds usually means more yield and larger denser buds. I see it as once the plants begin to develop buds it's time to grow bud not big fan leaves.
EDIT: Keep in mind different grow styles will dictate how heavily you can defoliate, I notice that after a heavy defoliation my plants eat A LOT more for up to a week, as high as 2.6 EC with once daily watering feeding Maxibloom. It's worthwhile to consider when you pluck off fan leaves you are throwing away a lot of energy the plant has stored so if your in soil for example it would probably be smarter to be more careful in how heavily you defoliate.
I personally remove all the large/medium fan leaves from the plants branch by branch on day 20-21 of flower. I have never had a plant hermaphrodite from this practice and or die or anything crazy. The only thing I've noticed is increased yield and also my dehumidifiers run a lot less without all the extra foliage.
Day 21
day 60
All preference.. I like how it fills out mid/lower buds much better and allows more even ripening throughout the canopy. More light to the buds usually means more yield and larger denser buds. I see it as once the plants begin to develop buds it's time to grow bud not big fan leaves.
EDIT: Keep in mind different grow styles will dictate how heavily you can defoliate, I notice that after a heavy defoliation my plants eat A LOT more for up to a week, as high as 2.6 EC with once daily watering feeding Maxibloom. It's worthwhile to consider when you pluck off fan leaves you are throwing away a lot of energy the plant has stored so if your in soil for example it would probably be smarter to be more careful in how heavily you defoliate.
I personally remove all the large/medium fan leaves from the plants branch by branch on day 20-21 of flower. I have never had a plant hermaphrodite from this practice and or die or anything crazy. The only thing I've noticed is increased yield and also my dehumidifiers run a lot less without all the extra foliage.
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