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Autoflower defoliation question

Em_growsstarted grow question 3y ago

Did some defoliation at the bottoms of the plants to help lower humidity, did I do enough or do too much? Also should I trim some of the skinny branches and pinch out popcorn buds? I will wait until next week to do that if I do so they can recover from the defoliation

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GrowingTrannyanswered grow question 3y ago

You did perfect! I would not defoliate anymore after this! It will not increase the yield.

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GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3y ago

Looks good - and yes, I would remove the skinny branches and definitely the waiting-to-be-useless-popcorn buds... You actually won't have to wait a week as they generally tend to recover from defoliation quite quickly and quite well... When they're looking like their "normal" selves, you can go ahead and do trim the useless stuff off... Good luck! Looks great!!

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