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Current state as of this afternoon:
There's 2x ilgm blue cheese autos in the tent, that sprouted a week apart. Oldest on the left at 51 days since sprouting, 44 days for one on right. They both started flowering about 23 days ago.
I've had many ups and downs with pH control issues, but I guess that is to be expected for a first time grower (next time I am doing just one plant... Roots fill almost whole res).
There have been periods of lots of growth, as well as periods of no growth during pH control periods. I feel like they are pretty stable right now, but they keep growing and I'm concerned my tent is getting too dense and would like to prevent any conditions like bud rot from happening as the buds fill in.
I know the general consensus is not to mess with autos, since you have no control of the timer, and don't want to stress them. I've been removing lower leaves at the bottom to improve airflow, but feel like I still have way too many leaves and basically have 2 different environments in my tent - below and above the canopy. Usually the humidity is higher below the canopy, but had the tent open a lot this morning so it equilized.
These plants are ~3 feet tall right now and fill my whole 4 x 2 tent. The highest buds are about 4-5 inches from my light, but aren't getting burned, likely due to my overhead fan.
Do you guys think it's safe to remove more lower vegetation right now, or should I want until a later time? Or do I just leave as is and hope for the best?
I feel like these are very robust plants for autos, and don't see why they couldn't handle it... But just want the opinions of experienced growers.
So what do you all think? Defoliate or not?
There's 2x ilgm blue cheese autos in the tent, that sprouted a week apart. Oldest on the left at 51 days since sprouting, 44 days for one on right. They both started flowering about 23 days ago.
I've had many ups and downs with pH control issues, but I guess that is to be expected for a first time grower (next time I am doing just one plant... Roots fill almost whole res).
There have been periods of lots of growth, as well as periods of no growth during pH control periods. I feel like they are pretty stable right now, but they keep growing and I'm concerned my tent is getting too dense and would like to prevent any conditions like bud rot from happening as the buds fill in.
I know the general consensus is not to mess with autos, since you have no control of the timer, and don't want to stress them. I've been removing lower leaves at the bottom to improve airflow, but feel like I still have way too many leaves and basically have 2 different environments in my tent - below and above the canopy. Usually the humidity is higher below the canopy, but had the tent open a lot this morning so it equilized.
These plants are ~3 feet tall right now and fill my whole 4 x 2 tent. The highest buds are about 4-5 inches from my light, but aren't getting burned, likely due to my overhead fan.
Do you guys think it's safe to remove more lower vegetation right now, or should I want until a later time? Or do I just leave as is and hope for the best?
I feel like these are very robust plants for autos, and don't see why they couldn't handle it... But just want the opinions of experienced growers.
So what do you all think? Defoliate or not?