not true. pruning a plant allows for light to better penetrate down through and into the plant, resulting in bud sites receiving a better distribution of light and therefore making more bud so to speak.
Ok so I did a little lolipopping based on where buds were developing close to the bottom, if leaves were blocking any buds developing on the bottom i trimmed them, anything else that wasnt in the way of buds getting light I kept. Pics in a day or 2.
Ill try to get a pic up of the light setup asap man prob within the next two days but i used a 400w metal halide for vegging for 5 weeks then 400w high pressure sodium for flowering, the setup i got (1 - 400w ballast (like a mini generator to send pulses to the light bulb to keep such a bright light), 1 - 400w Metal Halide bulb, 1 - 400w High Pressure Sodium bulb, and 1 - hood (reflective silver piece the bulb screws into) for around 300 bucks. the price of an ounce. you could easily get much more than an ounce in a 3 month grow man.
First grow man kinda jumped the gun and went by the calender instead of the trich's. The sensi star bottom branches were just cut about 3 days ago and are hanging as we speak the main cola seems to be maturing a bit slower which im pretty sure is normal so im letting that mature a bit longer, besides it leaves more time for flushing for an even smoother final product.
Yea man I deff was thinking i didnt reach potential cuz of the restriction of root space for my plants =( next time will def be using 5 gals. As far as the CSS goes man all i can say it that thing got big fast and matured slower than expected but i tried a sample of the lower branching i recently cut and dried it is already one of the best bowls I've smoked and it was just popcorn buds from the bottom. I'll post pics when I cut down the main cola and hang it. Let me know how yours goes man!