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Tryna_grow_Tonya
Tryna_grow_Tonyastarted grow question 5 years ago
Am I best giving my lady a prune, let the lower bits get some light or just leave her alone, or start abit of lst longest ive kept one alive don't want to make her unhappy. Any help or advice much appreciated 😊
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 5 years ago
probably more about your substrate and how you water/feed -- if you want to try either, or both, go ahead. Plant is healthy enough it looks from picture. if you bend it over, remove leaves that smash against ground. May need 1 or 2 off the new 'top'. But, if you bend it down between the 90-degree alternating nodal growth, you can allow everything a clear path vertically and immediately. Shouldn't have too many leaves in the way. Be gentle when forming a bend. weaken it a bit in a few places and you can get her mostly horizontal. tie down top, possibly something to hold middle down, so you don't get a big arch with ~2 auxiliary buds stealing most resources at highest point. or, prune the top node or 1.5 nodes, posssibly remove 1-2 leaves up top if 2+ axuliary buds are burried. It's good that your plant has some auxiliary growth. I think topping works better when it's out a node or 2. Seems easier to get them even with minor shaping/bending while others catch up. I prune when i LST too, but for different reasons. It's secondary as the bushing will naturally occur. I'll prune where growth is too fast, or where i want a need some extra density of colas later on, etc.. if oyu just top and keep topping, you;ll get similar results and likely can keep it a bit more even up top = more even colas.
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