@growdoctordc, @QualityOrganics1, My GC plant isn't that dense and keeps on stretching a bit still as well as the others are still in early transitioning, so hopefully they will stretch a bit more so I can LST them a little wider. I wouldn't want to disturb them since they're auto, as well as removing big fan leaves that work on photosynthes and store nutrients the most. I'm thinking it's just going to force the plant growing bigger fan leaves in other places instead of working on buds. But then again if fan leaves going to get bigger near the buds, they going to distribute energy from photosynthesis to the nearest growth the most, so ... it's really controversial and I'm just too green in this department to risk it on my first ever grow 😅. I think it really depends on the plant structure whether to defoliate or not, I personally don't see any need in additional stress for my girls at this stage. Nothing is too dense on the fan leaves and light gets through to every shot and leaf just fine. If anything I can always tuck fan leaves in, if the light isn't getting through, or remove a few leaves on the very bottom that don't get any light in future.
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