Trimming foliage after switching to flower ?'s

[JDMF]

Hi all.
I have a ? about cutting off branches and trimming foliage after switching to flower. I have been told that trimming can shock the plant once it is in flower and it can revert or produce seeds, so how do I go about this to provide my plants with the best outcome? Please let me know if I need to explain it differently.

 

[ritoMox]

Are you growing from bag seed? I just recently (yesterday) found out why 3 of my 1986 closet grow plants hermed on me. The plants were from bag seed and my buddy defoliated all 3 a couple of weeks after they started flowering and they all hermed. I never knew why until reading on another site about defoliating in flower. It also seems that those buds that I got the seeds from were hermi stock as all of the seeds I dropped and several friends dropped from those same buds were all female. So the source of your seeds is gonna play a big role in how well your plants tolerate various stressors.

 

[JDMF]

Are you growing from bag seed? I just recently (yesterday) found out why 3 of my 1986 closet grow plants hermed on me. The plants were from bag seed and my buddy defoliated all 3 a couple of weeks after they started flowering and they all hermed. I never knew why until reading on another site about defoliating in flower. It also seems that those buds that I got the seeds from were hermi stock as all of the seeds I dropped and several friends dropped from those same buds were all female. So the source of your seeds is gonna play a big role in how well your plants tolerate various stressors.

Cool thanks,
I have 4 plants that are from bag seeds but the rest came from seedsnow.com fuel dog and bubba kush freebies and Do Si Dos. All are said to be feminized.

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Are you growing from bag seed? I just recently (yesterday) found out why 3 of my 1986 closet grow plants hermed on me. The plants were from bag seed and my buddy defoliated all 3 a couple of weeks after they started flowering and they all hermed. I never knew why until reading on another site about defoliating in flower. It also seems that those buds that I got the seeds from were hermi stock as all of the seeds I dropped and several friends dropped from those same buds were all female. So the source of your seeds is gonna play a big role in how well your plants tolerate various stressors.

In my experience, defoliation bit by bit (slowly) in flower has no negative effect. Once my plants are large enough, I start trimming lower fans/branches as I lollipop the plant for flower. I start it while they are still veg but it's not enough usually as the plant matures. You'll want to open up the airflow through the center of the plant and I will keep removing leaves and sucker branches through out the flower cycle. The difference is, I'm never taking much off in any pruning session. It's a little at a time and it continues to about mid flower sometimes.

I prune leaves in this order. Lower leave that are fading or other-wise unhealthy, lower inner leaves growing towards the main stem, and then lower branching that will never produce anything more than larfy bud.

 

[freezeland2]

In my experience, defoliation bit by bit (slowly) in flower has no negative effect. Once my plants are large enough, I start trimming lower fans/branches as I lollipop the plant for flower. I start it while they are still veg but it's not enough usually as the plant matures. You'll want to open up the airflow through the center of the plant and I will keep removing leaves and sucker branches through out the flower cycle. The difference is, I'm never taking much off in any pruning session. It's a little at a time and it continues to about mid flower sometimes.

I prune leaves in this order. Lower leave that are fading or other-wise unhealthy, lower inner leaves growing towards the main stem, and then lower branching that will never produce anything more than larfy bud.

Always a work in progress

 

[JDMF]

In my experience, defoliation bit by bit (slowly) in flower has no negative effect. Once my plants are large enough, I start trimming lower fans/branches as I lollipop the plant for flower. I start it while they are still veg but it's not enough usually as the plant matures. You'll want to open up the airflow through the center of the plant and I will keep removing leaves and sucker branches through out the flower cycle. The difference is, I'm never taking much off in any pruning session. It's a little at a time and it continues to about mid flower sometimes.

I prune leaves in this order. Lower leave that are fading or other-wise unhealthy, lower inner leaves growing towards the main stem, and then lower branching that will never produce anything more than larfy bud.

Awesome explanation. Thank you! I will try that out.