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Thinning canopy
GrowingGraciestarted grow question 4 years ago
I'm growing northern lights auto and just started to flower should I thin out the canopy so light can get down further?
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BatGuanoanswered grow question 4 years ago
I am always in favour of defoliation and I really saw its benefits especially during flowering. You can use a high-defoliation by removing all the big fan leaves at the beginning of flowering. She will grow new fresh leaves within 2 weeks, and the flowers will get more light in the meantime, and get bigger.
You can also notice that the leaves which don't get enough light doesn't develop much and the plant left it to dry anyway. So under the canopy you should also take away the leaves which doesn't get any light.
I hope this helps.
Happy growing!
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Tye91answered grow question 4 years ago
I have been growing the same strain and I found that doing some LST was the best for my plant. But that being said I trimmed her a little at a time around where you are and she is turning out great. So yes I would trim a little away to give light inside but only do little by little because autoflowers don't like to much stress. She's also looking a little droopy not sure when you took the picture but that could be over watering as well other than that, looking nice and lush! Great job!
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GMSgrowsanswered grow question 4 years ago
If you remove any just the big fan leaves but dont take off near the tops. Tuck leaves in put a little elastic around the blades if you have to. The plants take from the leaves when it needs to so dont take to many off. Last 2 weeks you can strip um down some. Cheers
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