Wedding Cake Autoflower

I have pruned, defoliated and super cropped autos, the only time you really want to stop manipulating is during the bulk phase of the buds. So long as your plant is healthy. Prune away

Looking good! I will go with 7.5oz.

I wouldn't bend yet... I think you've got enough room left... most of my grows, when I only had a total of 60" in a tent, got to within a couple of inches from the lights. That being said, it will depend a lot on your lights, their strength and what the plant is telling you. I accidentally super-cropped in the late stages of flowering (my Tangerine Dream) and it didn't affect the plant... but it's not something I would intentionally do. But when push comes to shove, and you MUST, try it with only one stem and she how she reacts.. if there's no reaction, go ahead but don't do all of the stems at once.... that WOULD be too much stress. Good luck!

Bruh.. his canopy is even as hell.. non of that addresses the question. I’d leave as is. Hope she doesn’t stretch much more. If you having dimming capabilities - those may be necessary. But I’d let it get close as possible until you see any actual light burn (which is so commonly misdiagnosed, at least on this page) You’ve done everything perfect frankly.. just not left yourself the ability to adjust if stretch is more than expected. I can’t wait til you run something besides ILGM autos. If autos are your thing - I’m gonna send you some ethos ones I get in my next order.

You could take out some of the scraggly lower runners, it will do more good than harm! Come trimming time you will thank yourself! Just don't go crazy, only take away the flimsy ones. I don't think the canopy is too dense at the moment.

That definitely look like white tips. It's a great sign so congrats. In this part of the bud, an enhanced amount of THC is held. Keep up the good work and enjoy the yield, Wedding Cake is an amazing strain.

well it ate my answer that was throrough.. not re writing it all. most likely not. the gain you achieve beliw will be less than what you lose up top for several reasons. one is inverse square law applies to the concentration of light as you get furhter away from the source. also, aprical dominance matters. the plant simply gives more to the buds higher up and nothing can change that. ATP is produced by photosynthesis. 95% of that is in the leaves, 5% is any other green surface (made up numbers but the generalized idea is right.. VAST majority is in leaves.. higher concentration of chlorophyl that can be easily measured as well as proper depth to receive light in top layer of leaves -- this is why light hitting the bottom of a leaf is significantly attenuated compared to the top.. much deeper relative to surface from bottom of leaf. incontrevertible evidence as to why it would be difficult to achieve a net-gain by removing a leaf up top to provide ight down below... And, nothign to do with light hitting the buds... light hitting the leaves will cause an improvement to the buds nearby. as again, not much ATP produced from buds. ATP powers cellular growth. any endothermic reaction will require it ("uphill" reactions). ATP is the end result of photosynthesis. it is mobile, but will be used locally more so than trucked around the plant. receiving slightly more light on a lower leaf compared to the full force of light hitting a leaf near the top is a net negative in most contexts. just math... not feelings... people like to believe the things they do have a positive impact whehther they measured it or not.. .whether they had a suitable sample size to be confident about what they observed or not.