When to trim undergrowth?

RL420

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Jan 31, 2012

• #1

When do you guys usually trim suckers?

 

vilify

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Jan 31, 2012

• #2

in veg, before i flower.

 

RL420

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Jan 31, 2012

• #3

im 2 days into flowering, some people say its ok during the stretch, its nearly impossible for me to water right now lmfao, its so bushy

 

vilify

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Jan 31, 2012

• #4

ive trimmed some stuff off early in flower, but try to keep it to a minimum.
wont trim anything after like week 2 or so.

 

RL420

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Jan 31, 2012

• #5

i only use a 400w, so i was thinking of trimming most everything over 3 feet from my light, that seems to be were my lumens drop big time, could be wrong though, might be 4 feet.

 

vilify

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Jan 31, 2012

• #6

400w best lumens are 2ft max. 3ft-4ft is acceptable. anything past that wont produce much.
if they are bushy, cut anything off that is shaded. dont always need to cut off all of a lower branch, just the lower nodes.

 

RL420

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Jan 31, 2012

• #7

Thanks for the info man, a lot of hate on lollipopping around the net, i just checked my babes out and they dont really look that bad imo. Gonna hold off since ive always got good results not doing it. I did however clean out dead shit under there.

 

kevinanderson

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Jan 31, 2012

• #8

I think cutting is usually done just before your want to swap to flower/and during the expand i think friend. But you have done so already so just begin cutting away now friend.

 

bigv1976

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Jan 31, 2012

• #9

You can trim sparingly at any time without any issues.

 

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TahoeOGRLWC

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Jan 31, 2012

• #10

I usually try and trim during last week in veg, then I try and keep trimming it up every week till the 4th or so week into flower. Try not to cut out too much as it will stress her. This is why I cut out some then go back a week later. It is easy to stress her out. Hope it helps. GL

 

RL420

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Jan 31, 2012

• #11

i actually decided not to cut anything except dead leaves, which basically were falling off anyway. only reason is because everything looks really alive down there

 

Clown Baby

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Feb 1, 2012

• #12

Heres some botany for you.
The 3rd leaf layer into a canopy is a parasite. It uses more energy than it creates via photosynthesis.

Each leaf absorbs ~90% of light, and the rest is transmitted down.
2nd layer gets 10%. Still generates more than it uses.



I usually trim suckers right at 12/12 and maybe 2 weeks later.

 

RL420

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Feb 1, 2012

• #13

another reason why a chief grower here by the name of uncle ben swears up and down its bad for the plant and claims its a forum fad.