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How soon do you start training the growth tips?
TreeTent310
started grow question 8y ago
How soon do you start training the growth tips?
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Week 3
Techniques. Defoliation
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Kindbudz
answered grow question 8y ago
As soon as you are able to. This is the best way posible and will prove to give you the best results.
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Athos
answered grow question 8y ago
That depends on how tight is your node spacing. Best answer is "as soon as you can", I do it at the 4th week, because of how tight my node spacing is.
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