So midway through week 4 I was possessed with the do too much bug. Decided to collect data and try and maximize by FIM'ing the 2 healthiest, topping 1, and keep 1 just LST. Starting to get the hang of LST, but have had a few accidental defoliation spots. Trying to prop one budding branch I killed as a clone so we'll see on that one.
This week is looking like my transition into flowering stage.
Have a fresh bag of foxfarms ocean soil and some cal mag otw. Going to top up grow bags soil level (they started underfull and have compressed a bit) heading into flower and only do water plus calmag on the next feeding.
looks like you took some off top to increase light below.. and still have a full canopy...
be systematic that way you don't take too much off of one stalk etc etc...
less is more... leaves power growth. leaves near top receive more energy than leaves below in a quickly decreasing way (inverse square law applies to distance increments)
do it for airflow or concern of microbial growth... if a leaf is utterly useless, the plant will shed some of those on its own too. This isn't something that will greatly impact yield.. if anything removing leaves will have a negative impact albeit very small per any 1 leaf. Keep it clean and low risk of microbes as avoiding that elevated risk of thick foliage is worth it in my opinion. Don't do it because you think it improves yield though... at least not directly.. avoiding problems increases average yield over time by eliminating waste (something you may have to throw out at end occasionally).
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