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Pruning & Defolating or not?

Termeairstarted grow question 4 months ago

Should I remove the lower shoots from the plants? it is day 21 and i'm not sure if it will make benefits or not if i pruning now. Sry for the bad pic'S my phone sucks rn

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Blackdragonxanswered grow question 4 months ago

I recommend pruning them yes

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AsNoriuanswered grow question 4 months ago

I would not, there is almost no future popcorns, all flowers looks well formed. No need to stress, you already run out of space, Temps, humidity will become bigger things to worry than few underdeveloped buds here and there ...

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m0useanswered grow question 4 months ago

I would no be cutting or removing anything in bloom.

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gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 4 months ago

I'd say some lollipopping is needed a bit. (Clean the ends) the shoots that are far behind. They only hinder above.

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Dendegrowanswered grow question 4 months ago

You could easily cut them off, the will get into popcornbuds anyway

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PotRulanswered grow question 4 months ago

Hallo, Ich habe meine in der dritten Woche gelollipoppt! Also kannst du bedenkenlos machen und am besten noch 3 Tage die Planze ruhen lassen. Ich denke nicht das sie einen schaden davon bekommen. Allerdings all zu viel Zeit würde ich mir nicht mehr lassen. Ansonsten sehen sie Super aus! Happy Grow 🍀

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