compostmike said:

You've already solved the problem defoliation is meant to fix. Those branches are tied down and spread, so the lower sites are getting light instead of sitting buried, which is exactly what you want. Stripping fan leaves on top of that is just taking away solar panels and stored nutrients the plant's going to want as it moves into flower, and autos don't have the runway to rebuild what you cut.

I'd leave the big fans alone. The only ones I'd touch are leaves actually resting on the medium or so shaded they're already yellowing out, and even those the plant will pull back and drop on its own clock. Color looks good and you've got the fan moving air, so you're not fighting humidity down in there either.

Think of a well-trained fruit tree: once you've opened the structure so light reaches the interior, you don't keep hacking leaves off, you let the canopy feed the fruit. Same here. The tops are starting to throw pistils, so let her ride and put that energy into bud, not into healing pruning wounds.

First grow, the patient move is the right one here.y

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compostmike said:

One leaf is nothing, you didn’t hurt them.

Those little brown spots don’t look like a panic situation yet. If you fed a little heavier yesterday, I’d just back off to your normal mix or give plain water next time the pots actually need it. Don’t try to correct a couple spots with more bottles, that’s how small things turn into real problems.

The one lower leaf in the pic looks like an old shaded/weak leaf the plant was probably going to abandon anyway. The top leaf spots could be a bit of feed splash/light burn, a tiny stress mark from the stronger feed, or just early spotting from moisture sitting on the leaf. Watch if it spreads over the next 2-3 days.

If it keeps showing up on new growth, then I’d want to know your medium, pH going in, and what exact fertilizer it is. Also flip a few leaves over and check for tiny moving dots just to rule pests out. But right now I’d leave the canopy alone, keep the root zone steady, and don’t chase it too hard.

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