cannn
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I gave it a shot and didnt find any id consider worth watching. My advice is dont pull any leaves unless theyre crowding out a branch that has potential or your plants are so bushy air circulation is getting bad. In that case pull one or two everywhere you see leaves crowding each other pushing against each other and generally wherever it seems too dense until you like where its at. Be careful not to go too far. I take a handful of leaves off my plants every once in a while because i grow bushes.
If your pruning a plant you intend to keep in veg for a long time in a restricted space then your gonna have to cut branches. As long as the plant is doing well i can cut 1/4 to 1/2 its height right off with no trouble. Plant slows down for a couple days and then goes nuts. As long as your not in flower and your nutes are right your plants can take quite the amount of physical abuse
If your pruning a plant you intend to keep in veg for a long time in a restricted space then your gonna have to cut branches. As long as the plant is doing well i can cut 1/4 to 1/2 its height right off with no trouble. Plant slows down for a couple days and then goes nuts. As long as your not in flower and your nutes are right your plants can take quite the amount of physical abuse
NanoGadget
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It would definitely help us to help you if we had more info. First off, why do you think you need to prune? In addition... strain, lighting type and quantity, growing medium, nutrient variety and quantities used, age of the plant and any specific techniques you've employed (scrog, top, super crop etc.), and pictures of the plant/plants you intend to prune would all be very helpful.
cannn
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Yeah id strip the bottom third of the plant and thats it unless you have space issues. Maybe take off some of those skinny crappy branches trying to cone out at the bottom but are too shaded. Depends whether you have a use for popcorn nugs. Beautiful plants btw.
peracho
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Thanks for the advice ill give it a try. Thanks for the compliment too lol
peracho
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Ok Ill give it a try
thanks for the advice
Dr.Botany
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It is BEST in veg, but can be done in flower
cannn
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Minimally in flower
Johnei
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trimming garbage tiny lower branches that are shaded by big fan leaves will help direct energy to other tops.
consider a plant in the same size pot... one with 20 tops, and one with 1 top, the 1 top will be huge, the 20tops will all be smaller distributing energy evenly between them.
This is not 100% always the case, but it is the idea, to give you example.
tiny lower shit that will never get good light will just take energy away from other better positioned tops and never get big anyway.
Stand above the plant like you are the light looking down, and see any shit being blocked way down low, this is good place to begin.
Removing lower tiny branches close to soil will also have a nice clean stem exposed, and you'll get better airflow rushing across and up into the plant, compared to leaves all bunched up together sitting on eachother in low light down there where it's cooler and water splashed on them and can have mold grow where leaves touching moist stuck together.
consider a plant in the same size pot... one with 20 tops, and one with 1 top, the 1 top will be huge, the 20tops will all be smaller distributing energy evenly between them.
This is not 100% always the case, but it is the idea, to give you example.
tiny lower shit that will never get good light will just take energy away from other better positioned tops and never get big anyway.
Stand above the plant like you are the light looking down, and see any shit being blocked way down low, this is good place to begin.
Removing lower tiny branches close to soil will also have a nice clean stem exposed, and you'll get better airflow rushing across and up into the plant, compared to leaves all bunched up together sitting on eachother in low light down there where it's cooler and water splashed on them and can have mold grow where leaves touching moist stuck together.
Johnei
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It is always better to do your trimming during the veg stage.
The reason is, every cut you make, the plant has to deal with these cuts,. it has to seal the wound, send immune helpers, and redistribute energy where you just cut, now to other places, and so on... the plant will expend energy at critical bud growing stage when you want all energy focus on bud growth.
Pruning in veg and giving time for recovery before flower is best.
but u can trim in flower no problem, just for reasons i stated, best not to, unless you have to, or know what you're doing.
The reason is, every cut you make, the plant has to deal with these cuts,. it has to seal the wound, send immune helpers, and redistribute energy where you just cut, now to other places, and so on... the plant will expend energy at critical bud growing stage when you want all energy focus on bud growth.
Pruning in veg and giving time for recovery before flower is best.
but u can trim in flower no problem, just for reasons i stated, best not to, unless you have to, or know what you're doing.
Dr.Botany
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I think it would be more selectively than minimally, my man
cannn
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Its selectively either way. In flower i wouldnt do it unless i saw an issue first. In veg id do it in advance as a preventative measure
Dr.Botany
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Well, what i mean by selectively is that you can pretty much pluck a whole plant (which im not saying anyone should do) without it getting hurt, and i mean the plant itself not yeild or quality, by selectively plucking like 4 or 5 eachday or everyother day until the plant is almost naked other than the budlets or buds, its dumb to do but thats why i disagreed on 'minimally'
peracho
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Funny you said that I just came from my tent and was standing directly over my girls seeing what the light sees and pruning to adjust. Thanks for the advice its been helpful