theres a bit o' controversy surrounding whether or not it is more or less productive to remove some of the fan leaves (thinning the plants) while they are flowering... is helpfull or not...
but one thing that is nice to do, imo, is to strip them completely of fan leaves at about 10-14 days from harvest. This exposes more of the buds to direct sunlight (or HPS) ... and hopefully improves (the goal of all goals...) trichome production. Plus, harvesting becomes very quick and easy when only buds remain on the plant come harvest day.
Make sure to top anything that's getting too lanky or tall no later than about 14 days into the flowering cycle. After that you might be reducing weight rather than gaining it. they can be a little taller around the edges to catch all the light that would otherwise be hitting the walls. i've thought about plotting a nice topographic map of the Perfect Sea of Green with little concave impressions under each light but havn't got around to it yet.
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but one thing that is nice to do, imo, is to strip them completely of fan leaves at about 10-14 days from harvest. This exposes more of the buds to direct sunlight (or HPS) ... and hopefully improves (the goal of all goals...) trichome production. Plus, harvesting becomes very quick and easy when only buds remain on the plant come harvest day.
Make sure to top anything that's getting too lanky or tall no later than about 14 days into the flowering cycle. After that you might be reducing weight rather than gaining it. they can be a little taller around the edges to catch all the light that would otherwise be hitting the walls. i've thought about plotting a nice topographic map of the Perfect Sea of Green with little concave impressions under each light but havn't got around to it yet.
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