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LST/Defoliation Advice
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3y ago
Nice job! I happen to love LST clips - they make the process SO easy!
No, you don't have to do any defoliation at this point and I would strongly advise against it... I've just today read a fascinating article on defoliation which has changed my approach to the issue henceforth! There's a lot of blahblahblah at the beginning but if you stick with it, you'll get to the meat of the article and it will help you plan WHEN to defoliate and WHY .... here it is: https://www.growweedeasy.com/nebulas-super-simple-3-step-defoliation-tutorial
Always learning... always learning!
Good luck!
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DutchDoobieanswered grow question 3y ago
High SirBud,
You did the LST perfect!!!
Keep bending the branches so that every top of each branch will grow at the same height and bend them away from eachother so you have enough airflow between the leaves and buds!
You did a great job so far!
Happy Growing! 😋
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