Royal Queen - Easy bud & Quick one

the problem with autos is that they stiffen up really quickly. People say you can always LST? well, not with autos you can't. Dont be disappointed though , any kind of LST at this point will actually impact your yield in a negative way. if you LST too late the flower nodes dont grow correctly and you have asymetric buds with some small buds due to the LST. What i can say is that you're doing really well right now , the bush shape is the desired shape, the many leaves are a good sign that the plant(s) will go through a great flower stretch. Dont panic dont feel bad. Next grow just start LST around week 2 and you will be fine. the point of LST is to promote lateral branching... you have plenty of that already, so that's good ! Hope this helps ! 🚀

i trim my autos when needed, and so far it has never really harmed them significantly.. sometimes it's needed to get light to the lower branches, sometimes i do it to keep humidity down and airflow up, and sometimes in early bloom, so the energy is focused more on the bigger buds, and not on popcorn.. in regards to when autos flower, that depends on the strain.. if the genetics aren't that great or if they're in a younger generation it can still happen that the non-autoflower trait got through.. it hasn't happened to me personally, but there have been reports of people having to put them to 12/12 as they just didn't start flowering.. after all autoflowering is a genetic "mutation" for sativas and indicas and it takes a couple of generations for it to manifest regularly..

Hello.. Hope you are well.. Personally i think its a preference issue.. Do u mind trimming and smoking popcorn buds.. If not leave them on.. If u want to try and aim energy into specific branches and try for trophy buds it up to u!! .. Few things tho.. 1st,-naturally ur plants wudnt get trimmed or defoliation in the wild(not like anywer wot gardener's do!).. 2nd,-trimming and defoliation if done wrong will produce less yeild or worse, damage her intensely.. 3rd..either way the yeild to most methods of training (if optimal conditioning) will b very very similar.. Stay safe n gud luck on ur greens.. 👍🍀

Normally the last time you want to really do any lollipoping is the second to third week of flower to reduce the stress on your plant. I don't see an issue with one or two every so often but it's not the best. Next time try to do it in one big swoop around the end of your second flower week! Cheers and happy harvest!