Canopy Management and Cleaning Up Plants

shinedog

shinedog

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So I was reading Subcool's thread on canopy management 101. I found this information to be very helpful, but I had some questions I thought I might run by everyone.

I'm currently at the end of my 4th week of flowering on a strain that typically finishes out at about 9 weeks. So, I'm roughly halfway there. I read in Subcool's post about cleaning up the lower branches.

This is the time when we clean up our plants removing any smaller shoots that are shaded still so that this energy that would have gone to produce fluff and added time to trimming can instead go to the upper buds that are actually in the light. This also allows more air to circulate under the canopy so that O2 doesn’t stratify. This in it self will increase the yields and make your trimming a bit easier. I am not sure everyone will get this analogy but the plant looking up should kinds look like broccoli with everything up top.
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This is in reference to first moving the plants into flowering. What I'm wondering is am I too far in to think about trimming up the junk at the bottom of my plants that do not see light? I would like to get rid of the scrap if it's not beneficial. I would definitely like to get rid of this if it means larger buds up top. However, I do not want to damage or stunt my plants by removing lower branches.

Anyone care to weigh in?
 
thelastpirate

thelastpirate

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You aint gonna damage or stunt the plants. Just don't go nuts. Think about what you're doing.
Half way is better than never, I would think. I gotta keep 'em clean down there if for no other reason than it makes watering so much easier.
I take my clones from down there during veg, so I generally end up with some pretty smooth girls when I flip 'em.
The stuff you trim will dry to less than belly button lint anyway.


shinedog said:
So I was reading Subcool's thread on canopy management 101. I found this information to be very helpful, but I had some questions I thought I might run by everyone.

I'm currently at the end of my 4th week of flowering on a strain that typically finishes out at about 9 weeks. So, I'm roughly halfway there. I read in Subcool's post about cleaning up the lower branches.



This is in reference to first moving the plants into flowering. What I'm wondering is am I too far in to think about trimming up the junk at the bottom of my plants that do not see light? I would like to get rid of the scrap if it's not beneficial. I would definitely like to get rid of this if it means larger buds up top. However, I do not want to damage or stunt my plants by removing lower branches.

Anyone care to weigh in?
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HookdOnChronics

HookdOnChronics

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thelastpirate said:
The stuff you trim will dry to less than belly button lint anyway.
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Hahaha agreed!

I'm LSTing, so to get the big buds up top I cut off all the lower BUD SITES, not branches, not leaves, just BUD SITES.

If I didn't I'd literally have a bag of weed popcorn is what it'd look like..... I'm not down with that much trimming...

Like LastPirate said, just don't go crazy with it! lol
 
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