1) Fast Buds / Green Crack Auto / Micro

First defoliation happens day 16. Was key move. Allowed lower branches to proliferate. The sooner the better. Had big impact on final training result. Cost = two big leaves. I love the Day 19 picture now, because I didn't realize at the time that the ENTIRE PLANT was gonna come from those little leaves in the center of the plant and the main stem. A 24 inch by 24 inch by 9 inch space would eventually be filled with leaves and colas from those few leaves in that picture. And the big leaves in the picture would all eventually be defoliated. LST would continue to spread out the stems and give light to the undergrowth. This latter part was the only "downside" of this strain. I was using a blue spectrum veg light, so I was getting like half-inch internodes which was AWESOME. Exactly what I needed so no complaints. However, you should simply be humble to the notion that there is a cost to this strategy. When you LST a plant onto its side, it's leaves will turn 90 degrees to face the lamp naturally. But since your plant is sideways, your internodes are now going sideways too! So you end up with a two-inch wide 2nd-node leaf being only a half-inch away from two-inch wide 3rd node leaf. This means leaf war. The serrated edges of one leaf will damage the other leaf and vice versa, etc. You end up with many damaged leaves. Sometimes, the plant even DEFOLIATES ITSELF at the stem. I kid you not, I thought I had a helpful ghost in my tent. Found a whole leaf on the floor one early morning. But there's a theme developing here. The strain is a beast. She takes any figurative punch in the face you give her and keeps coming. Fast Buds would eventually give me a LIKE on one post. I think it's because I called her a "honey badger." She really is. Short strain, but she's coming and she ain't backing down. Amazing strain. She requires a little work cuz she's leafy/bushy, but it's worth it cuz buds everywhere tightly together too. Do whatever you need to her. Whenever. Defoliate late in flower, if you want. She ain't backing down. I'm flushing her right now and I wouldn't be surprised if she was still bright green in 6 days, So those cut up leaves never mattered. Just made me worry. Check out my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLdjlvS0mK9Pu3pkumUu-w