pruning during flowering? help please!

hey Everybodyyy. My plant is about 8 feet wide and 5 ft tall. i started flowering about 3 weeks ago, but not sure.

I have a few lower branches that are very spindly with maybe not even a .2 of bud on them.

I was wondering would it hurt my plant if i cut those few lower very spindly growth branches off so that it will make my top colas grow more?

8ft x 5ft?! thats awesome. you should post a pic
you're not sure when you started your 12/12 light cycle?
2-3 weeks is the perfect time to do your bottom cleanup pruning ( at the end of 2 is what i like)
i clean up the bottom 1/3 or so (meaning-totally remove or remove all the budding sites)

so ya def prune those bottom branches and you'll be focusing that energy into the better tops

beartrapgeorge said:

hey Everybodyyy. My plant is about 8 feet wide and 5 ft tall. i started flowering about 3 weeks ago, but not sure.

I have a few lower branches that are very spindly with maybe not even a .2 of bud on them.

I was wondering would it hurt my plant if i cut those few lower very spindly growth branches off so that it will make my top colas grow more?

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Its ok to Prune dead and dying stuff or things really low on the plant just remember that Anytime you cut someting off thats not dead your stressing the plant a little so just be aware of that and also trimming 1/3 of a plant is the cut off of how much you wanna trim you never trim more then 1/3 a plant and that goes for any plant trees what ever so if you do trim 1/3 just know your right on the edge of trimming it too much and it will stress the plant a little i would start by trimming less than 1/3 but thats just me

i should say i clean up the bottom third progressively throughout the first 3 weeks and lately never the fan leaves until they're dead
i agree, fan leaves= more energy

those bottom branches your chopping work great for flowering clones. you'll be surprised with the results.

i like your flowering clones idea, im gonna try that

darkdestruction420 said:

those bottom branches your chopping work great for flowering clones. you'll be surprised with the results.

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Absolutely! Waste not, want not.