Picking Purple Cherry's

Hello. This is the end of week 8 and the beginning of week 9 of veg. Got in here last night and did some training. Got all the larger branches pulled down and secured with copper wire. I like copper for this because it doesn't rust if it gets wet. Rust is not good in contact with the plant or roots. The smaller branches I pushed to the center where they can grow straight up. It will be a few more weeks before I switch to flowering. I just sent my plants into shock by taking a lot of leaves and small branches off at once. I have to wait for them to heal and then go back to growing again before I can switch. If I flip to flowering too soon, the plants don't do as good in flowering as they could. The trick is, letting them heal for a sufficient amount of time before going into flowering. Better yields that way. Ok. Have fun. Chuck.