Should I defoliate my bushy indica auto flower?

Mcwhippin420 said:

I have only taken off the very bottom by the soil and maybe 2 fan leafs that were just blocked ive been letting mine just go for now I'm about 3 weeks in flower now. I prefer to leave as much green as possible as its all energy stored so. Just my 2 c tho

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Mcwhippin420 said:

It's a vivarspectra 300w with a built in timer. Pulling 200 actual watts in a 2x2. My first grow in about 7ish years some purple punch , got seed from dispensary 8th )
And thank you

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Jdog23 said:

Awesome good luck with your luck with the rest of your grow bro!

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Mcwhippin420 said:

You to !! She looks plenty healthy to me I mean if she grows to the point where you feel light penetration is a issue maybe couple leafs or a few fan leafs sometimes if it helps expose undergrowth , I prefer to twist em under others and keep as many as possible

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Jdog23 said:

Yeah I’ve done the same so far just tucking them under and away, some seem to get droopy once I’ve hidden them but I guess they’re just sulking that they are not hogging all the light anymore

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Mcwhippin420 said:

Those are what I use to lst my plant with sometimes I cut small pieces so I can pull a fan leaf to another and kinda stick em together to open space up

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Jdog23 said:

Hi there, I’ve been told not to remove leaves from an auto due to the short recovery time etc but this plant is getting really bushy, any thoughts would be really appreciated

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twentyeight.threefive said:

I wouldn't consider that bushy or in dire need of defoliation.

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This is a bushy auto in need of defoliation.

Overall plant health will dictate what needs to be removed if any at all.

IMO I wouldn't remove anything from that plant.

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