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Pruning in mid flower

Prospect420started grow question 5 years ago

It's about week 5 or 6 should I still clean her up a bit . I just got back to growing

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Shagrathanswered grow question 5 years ago

Hi! It looks like the flowering is still in early phases so if you feel öike you can still defoliate. But from what I understand it is not that important in outdoors cos sunlight penetrates leafs easily but artificial Light does not

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