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Defoliate this Bush?

Rush2112started grow question 6y ago

Should I defoliate? She’s 2 months old, an auto flower, 1 month into flowering, prob another month to go. She’s very bushy and has flowers forming throughout. I already clipped the bottom fourth. Stretch seems over. Should I thin her out some more? Thanks guys

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Bloombusteranswered grow question 6y ago

Hey bro! 👋 Everything's great, you should keep going! If the big leaves are blocking the light from the growth points (flowering), you need to move them by crossing them with the neighboring big leaves, using the x-leaf technique (in my diary "Candy" I presented this technique for preserving big buffer leaves). Or remove the excess leaves down to about 1/3 of the total! At least 2/3 should remain! 👌 Good luck, brother! 👋

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Ganjagardenneranswered grow question 6y ago

Personally I would like to thin this girl out, looks like you haven’t done a lot of stress training on it so It would be beneficial to get some light down there and it also helps with air flow. Just go steady take a few of the bigger fan leafs away week by week. And you’ll figure out when enough is enough. Just try and take away the bigger leafs that Make most shade

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DanBilzeriananswered grow question 6y ago

Yes the bottom 1/3 of the plant and the inner fan leaves of the top 2/3.

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Experimentgreenanswered grow question 6y ago

Yes please. She's pretty bushy...and at least defoliate the bottoms so it's not sucking the energy from the top.👍

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Bloombusteranswered grow question 6y ago

don't touch the upper layer of leaves, they serve as batteries for your buds! 👆

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TimTheTerpMananswered grow question 6y ago

All the Large Fan leaves that are about the size of your hand I'd take off.. But only if it's covering a bud site. Don't take a leaf off if you don't have a reason.. they won't grow back. They don't need a ton of leaves in the flower stage but they do need some.. Hopefully this helps! Happy growing! 👊

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