Off shoots stay or go away?

Schlurpypurpey
Schlurpypurpeystarted grow question 1y ago
Trying to learn a little bit about the pruning and defoliation processes. I understand you wanna prune large fan leaves that block bud sites early in flower. But should I go ahead and also take these offshoot branches that formed close to the top of my main branches after LST
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Ninjabuds
Ninjabudsanswered grow question 1y ago
Hey there the way you are growing the plant right now is leave all the shoots coming from the main shoot. If the shoots coming from the the main start making shoots b4 you flip to flower I would cut them off Just plan for when you flip to flower that you don’t cut any big fan leaves or shoots during the stretch the 1st 21days of flower (21days after you flip to flower) The plant will go into hyper mode the 1st 21days of flower it will grow a lot so keep that in mind when you are in veg not to get the plant to big After day 21 of flower you can look at your plants and analyze what buds are gonna get good light and witch spots won’t then you can defoliate really good at that time and cut off any lower shoots that don’t jump up and get a god amount of light I would just keep pulling that main stem down closer to the ground slowly and let all the shoots coming off the main shoot all become main shoots and have colas on the end of each of them Don’t stress it to much. After your 1st grow you will see how the whole life cycle goes and every time after this grow you will be a lot more prepared for what happens next Also when the plants go into the stretch they really start to want water don’t be surprised if you have to start watering 2x as often as durring veg sometimes if the plants are in a small pot you could have to water daily or every other day Also keep in mind after the stretch the plant will start to want less water but still more water than durring veg Your doing a good job so far don’t stress to much just take this grow as a learning lesson Good luck
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AestheticGenetix
AestheticGenetixanswered grow question 1y ago
Keep! but bend over, so those offshoots grow upwards. instead of 1 tree you will have a whole forest of trees. The only offshoots i wouldn't keep are the ones that dont make it to the top of the canopy. so ones that are underneath the branch. while training you can twist the stems so that all offshoots will grow upwards.
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Mooncat
Mooncatanswered grow question 1y ago
Why waste a good LST ? Level the main and turn them into equal budsites
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 1y ago
Always remove only the leaves that disturb the plant in the sense that they cast shadows or later cover flowers when it comes into bloom. You'll quickly notice where large buds form, and if you can't get them into the light, they won't grow as well. If the leaves aren't casting shadows, then let them grow. I would remove the small buds that come at the bottom, the so-called popcorn buds, so the plant can put more energy into the larger ones. I defoliate from the start and do LST a bit differently than you, but your technique looks interesting too.
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