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Defoliate or LST?
Gottajiboostarted grow question 2 years ago
Defoliate or LST? Both Grapefruit and Bruce Banner are ready for some love but due to the short bushy nature of this grow, if we LST and start bending the plants their leaves will end up touching the soil. Would it be better to remove a couple of fan leaves to let light in?
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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Don't top it, whatever you do! Autos do NOT like to be topped or have any major stress inflicted on them! They don't have time to recover from it. I'd wait a bit to do the LST ... you want to see some stretch between the nodes - and then, if you don't want to bend them over, you could do something as simple as tucking the large fan leaves under and behind.
Looks like it's going to be a very nice grow - certainly looks good so far! Good luck!
crimsonechoanswered grow question 2 years ago
its better to lst and tuck leaves under the growth tips imo. you can defoliate but autos are, well autos so its kinda best not to fiddle with them too much.
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