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brownbus
brownbusstarted grow question 3 years ago
On tomato plants one often prunes the sucker branch between branches. On my plants the middle branch is juts a leaf the outer two are producing preflowers. Should I prune the fan leaf when flowers start to pop?
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brownbus
brownbusanswered grow question 3 years ago
Thanks!!! The girls are going crazy! Is it too late to cut clone cuttings?
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
If it is not doing any harm, why remove it? It is making energy, energy your plant needs to grow its biggest and fastest. If your plant did not need it, it would not have grown it in the first place! Hope this helps, Organoman. (and strident anti defoliation advocate!)
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sir_isO
sir_isOanswered grow question 3 years ago
Start biasing towards flower nutrients, and I wouldn't defoliate ANY healthy leaves. MG 11-3-8 is a terrible ratio for flowering, so you want to lower that nitro significantly and raise phosphorus (I'd also recommend a little extra calcium). Pruning fan leaves is generally not a good idea unless your plant is really compact and dense, overcrowded or the leaves are VERY depleted/damaged.
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Depends how vigorous your plant is. If the fan leaves have space and are not blocking light I would leave them on. From your pick it doesn't look like it's doing any harm so I would leave it for now.
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InspireMe
InspireMeanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi mate, its recommended not to cause stress in the first 2 weeks of flower. I believe most tend to do light defol before flower and then after the 2 weeks. Hope this helps 🙂
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