Too bushy flowering?

I'm 10 days into flowering, did the pre flowering trim but it's very bushy. Fan leaves from one branch going into the bud sites of other branches, can a bud grow if it's cluttered with fan leaves?

I'm told to not cut fan leaves mid flowering because it can shock the plant and also they are a food source. What should I do?

I'd try to LST them a bit more. But you don't have much space. I would also do a little defoliating, but don't go crazy.

I say tie the branches apart from each other as best you can without damaging them, and let them stretch for the lights.

anexgrower said:

I say tie the branches apart from each other as best you can without damaging them, and let them stretch for the lights.

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I agree with you

I wanted to tie them but the training made the branches hard as wood, I can't move them

Yes, but the new growth will be more flexible, it will stretch, your first grow?