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Should i defoliate?

Chocolatestarted grow question 4 years ago

Should i defoliate? there are flowers under big leaves, but these plants are autoflowers and i dont know if this will stress my plants 😞

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GMSgrowsanswered grow question 4 years ago

Just tuck leaves in for now, the last 2 weeks you can remove what you want. Cheers

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