Elguapoot
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He everyone. I'm a first time grower and I'm doing this by the seat of my pants so dumb questions may abound.
I am growing this Royal Dwarf autoflower in a space bucket. It's on about week three and the upper canopy has some pretty large leaves that are blocking light from lower bud sites. I did some LST to bring some light in which worked, but now the canopy is really blocking the light to the lower part of the plant. I've considered doing some light pruning to the larger leaves, but i'm unsure whether this is a wise move or not. I read an article on defoliating that stated that defoilating isn't as necessary as it's made out to be because the plant will automatically translate the energy taken in from the upper canopy down to the lower parts of the plant. This made me even more reluctant to trim anything on the plant. There is also the info re: that an autoflower might not have time to recover from defoliating before it starts to flower.
The second questions was re: the LST. As you can see in the picture since the LST the plant has begun to grow into the side of the space bucket. Should I release the LST and let it just grow up since it's a small stout plant anyway? I don't want it to continue to mash into the side of the bucket.
The leaves are turning up a little bit. I think I over watered a bit.
Thanks in advance.
I am growing this Royal Dwarf autoflower in a space bucket. It's on about week three and the upper canopy has some pretty large leaves that are blocking light from lower bud sites. I did some LST to bring some light in which worked, but now the canopy is really blocking the light to the lower part of the plant. I've considered doing some light pruning to the larger leaves, but i'm unsure whether this is a wise move or not. I read an article on defoliating that stated that defoilating isn't as necessary as it's made out to be because the plant will automatically translate the energy taken in from the upper canopy down to the lower parts of the plant. This made me even more reluctant to trim anything on the plant. There is also the info re: that an autoflower might not have time to recover from defoliating before it starts to flower.
The second questions was re: the LST. As you can see in the picture since the LST the plant has begun to grow into the side of the space bucket. Should I release the LST and let it just grow up since it's a small stout plant anyway? I don't want it to continue to mash into the side of the bucket.
The leaves are turning up a little bit. I think I over watered a bit.
Thanks in advance.
