Should I trim plant that’s 8 weeks into flowering ?

During the first two weeks of flowering, you can prune the bottom a little to homogenize your plant and thus increase the energy in the places where the leaves receive light. It is advisable to only prune at the end of growth to avoid any unnecessary stress on the plant. Pruning your plant above the second week of flowering will carry a major risk of hermaphroditism which can occur afterwards. The cut is therefore positive for air and light circulation as well as energy management, but the practice must be mastered to avoid stress.

Right before and around the 3rd week of flower is the only time you should defoliate IMHO. Less is more. Try to only take the ones blocking other bud sutes. This is a highly oppinionized subject. Suggest some research so you can formulate your own opinion. Good luck and happy growing!

No don't do it! Your plant needs every leaf it has to produce the energy it needs to grow her flowers. Removing healthy leaves will slow growth due to the reduction in energy production and can potentially result in smaller flowers. Put simply - Maximum amount of healthy green leaves = maximum energy production = maximum growth. The older leaves also provide the plant with a ready source of "pre-made" vital growth elements, such as carbs, amino acids, sugars etc, that are "stored" in the older leaves and which the plant will draw upon during flowering. It is far more efficient for the plant to re-use the vital growth elements present in the older leaves, as it is to make flower growth AND make these elements from new, during flowering. This is why the leaves will go yellow on otherwise healthy and well fed plants during flowering and is what some people refer to as "the fade". So, not only does leaf removal reduce your plants capacity to produce energy, it also robs her of a vital source of "ready made" growth elements she has so cleverly stored in the older leaves, specifically for use during flowering and is something the defoliation advocates fail to understand. Try only ever removing yellow leaves, as by the time they are yellow, they have served their purpose. Hope this helps,......... Organoman.

Hi, Sorry it's too late. It's not recommended to defoliate 2~3 weeks after going to flowering period and your seems to be have passed period. Defoliation must be done around 1 week before changing light periods to 12/12 cycles, but just to remove the leaves on the main stem, and around 2 weeks after for the leaves from secondary stems.

No, you shouldn’t really trim anything after 3 weeks into flowering. You risk stunting your flowering or even worse, the dreaded hermaphroditism.... lol just tuck what you can away from bidding sites and if you really have to you can take 1 or 2 here and their but only if there blocking multiple sites and can’t be tucked. Hope this helps, cheers 💨