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Should i remove fan leaves under fully developed branches in veg so light can penetrate more easily ? If so should i do it incrementally or take them all off in one go ? Thanks
Your plants look a bit small to worry about trimming, the more green leaf on the plant the faster it grows.
Imo you don't need to trim untill your nearly ready to flip to 12.12, then you can give it a shape up to get it ready for flower
Good adviceYour plants look a bit small to worry about trimming, the more green leaf on the plant the faster it grows.
Imo you don't need to trim untill your nearly ready to flip to 12.12, then you can give it a shape up to get it ready for flower
And some defoliate very hard and swear by it. I have seen videos where people strip almost all the leaves and then switch to 12/12 and get huge colas. It is just a preference imo, related to your lights and grow environment. It is impossible to tell if its counter productive or not. Not unless anyone has an ability to jump to an alternate reality and compare results :)Ive never had to take leaves off plant.only damaged ones.leaves are the lungs of your plant.they also absorb nutrients for the plant..i do pull yellow leaves off towards end of grow .was told by a respected big time grower not to and have stood by his words..
But the claim is, for those heavy defoliators at least, is that pluckin the leaves speeds up the metabolism of the plant and encourages a growth spurt.Agree ..a plant will always keep growing..in a perfect world you would have to have 2 plant exactly the same to see the difference .but you would have to say the plant with less stomatas isnt going to breath and transpire aswell as one with more.
Just me but i strip everything under the top leaves. Then when ots in flower i strip all that i dont want, 2 3rds of the branches and only leave what i want for returns to bud. Sometimes im sure i loose a lottle on returns, but the buds are big and fat amd rock hard, the way i like em.Should i remove fan leaves under fully developed branches in veg so light can penetrate more easily ? If so should i do it incrementally or take them all off in one go ? Thanks