When doing sog, when should one cut off the lower 2/3rds side branches? As soon as they syart flowering ? Or after the strech ? And also does taking off the lower side branching cause the plant to produce a larger main cola ? Thanks in advance for any answers, and happy growing!
This is a quote from al.b.fuct from the
Get a Harvest Every 2 Weeks Thread, A guy whom i believe to be a guru around here on many things including SOG methodologies
"The main points that newbs need to take from this are:
a) to put newly rooted clones in to flower with NO veg time outside of being in the clone box (which runs 24/7 fluoro light). This makes the individual plants wind up being about 33-36" tall at wk 8 (they stop gaining height in wk 3-4 of 12/12 light), ideally suited for the foliar penetration ability of HPS lighting.
b) remove all branching from the lower 1/3 of the mainstem - this allows a maximum number of plants in the available space without crowding, as well as getting rid of little buds and forcing the plant to spend its energy on making the fatter ones."
Hope this answers your questions, also please feel free to skim through Al's posts all throughout that thread i linked above, VERY good info this guy gives out.
