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Qaggystarted grow question 6y ago

It it wise to trim these? They are autos and heard they don’t bounce back quick enough. They do seem to be producing a lot of veg. And they are now about 5 days into flower.

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Shagrathanswered grow question 6y ago

Hi! I think she's looking pretty good atm and ther dont seem to be leafs blocking anything important so i think you should leave the leafs for it now so she can grow to be one big bush!

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