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Should I defoiliate some big fan leafs?
RX1966
started grow question 10mo ago
Should I defoiliate some big fan leafs? Last pictures are from yesterday. Flowering Day 9. + All recommendations and advices are highly welcome!🙏
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Week 9
Leaves. Too many
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John_Kramer
answered grow question 10mo ago
which one in ur dairy ??? i can't get it
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answered grow question 10mo ago
maybe where bending isn't enough to avoid daily condensation where/if you have leaves physically overlapping each other. leaves do more than just absorb light. keep as many as you can.
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Hashy
answered grow question 10mo ago
I'd leave her as she is for now unless they are causing a high RH. Looks spread out enough to leave as many leaves as possible.
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