Plants touching each other

Hello It's definitely alright for the plants leaves to be touching. However you will want to keep airflow strong and going all day to help prevent any moisture building up in between the leaves. You can also do a bit of defoliation to free up a little space where the areas are most dense with foliage. Just watch your humidity and keep rotating the plants periodically to keep them from getting to comfortable on top of eachother. We've all struggled with a tent that gets a bit cramped and it usually ends up working out, so don't worry. 👍 Happy growing.

Hey, buddy! 👋😇 Of course, it's not recommended to grow such bushy plants so closely together! They can block each other's growth points and internodes! But stripping the leaves to the limit isn't the solution! You could grow a single full-fledged girl in that space, which would give you as much yield as these two combined! You've extended the vegetative stage, and they're turning into monsters, but on top of that, they're hindering each other's full development! But this is your experience, brother! You had to face these problems to avoid making mistakes in the future, minimizing your costs on seeds, nutrients, electricity, and getting the maximum possible yield with the minimum possible investment! Having many plants in a small area doesn't mean it's an "economically viable" solution! But I wish you luck, my friend! You'll get a harvest from both, but you shouldn't extend the vegetative stage so much! 😇👆 I recommend starting to feed for flowering and switching the light cycle to 12/12! They're already in pre-flower, but they're having a hard time starting to bloom! Help them out, brother! 😇👆 Good luck, buddy! ✊😇

Your ok to take a few more big fan leaves off up until their flowering. Then last 2 weeks you can strip the fan leaves and let more light under the canopy. Looks good Cheers