phishmanforlife
Active Member
Second grow and I have been reading all these articles that say you shouldn't prune or defoliate. That it causes herms and stress etc...
I pruned buckets of leaves off these girls over the five weeks of veg and in the last two weeks of flower I have only taken maybe 8 fan leaves total that were blocking multiple bud sites. I am just not sure what the right thing to do is.
Plants are big and bushy. About 27 inches tall and each plant takes up about a 2.5x2.5 area. But ALL the leaves are healthy, even the huge fan leaves at the bottom of the plant that get very little to no light. I did experience my first light burn incident when I let my light sit to close to the plants for a few days before I noticed it. You can see those few leaves in the pics.
I have lots of airflow in the room. Coming from above, below, and sides. Daytime Temps stay steady at 72 at canopy and 62 at night. The issue is that humidity is 45% during day but spikes to 80% at night. I'm worried with all this foliage and high humidity I might run into issues.
Should I clean these up? Any other issues you see please let me know!
Thanks!
I pruned buckets of leaves off these girls over the five weeks of veg and in the last two weeks of flower I have only taken maybe 8 fan leaves total that were blocking multiple bud sites. I am just not sure what the right thing to do is.
Plants are big and bushy. About 27 inches tall and each plant takes up about a 2.5x2.5 area. But ALL the leaves are healthy, even the huge fan leaves at the bottom of the plant that get very little to no light. I did experience my first light burn incident when I let my light sit to close to the plants for a few days before I noticed it. You can see those few leaves in the pics.
I have lots of airflow in the room. Coming from above, below, and sides. Daytime Temps stay steady at 72 at canopy and 62 at night. The issue is that humidity is 45% during day but spikes to 80% at night. I'm worried with all this foliage and high humidity I might run into issues.
Should I clean these up? Any other issues you see please let me know!
Thanks!
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