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Have I defoliated too much?
420Highlifecouple
started grow question 5y ago
Have I defoliated too much during flower?I took fan leaves of that blocked lower bud sites and now they look a little empty and low size bud.i tried to keep what I could.
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Techniques. LST
Techniques. Defoliation
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Bruce_Leroy1
answered grow question 5y ago
DM'ing you 420 - happy to help
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KushReloaded
answered grow question 5y ago
They look fine but in the future try to defoliate a couple days apart so you won’t stress the plant as much happy growing looks good 🍃🍃
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