Remove some colas?

Hey guys,

So my buddy has a nice looking plant indoors. However, some of the colas managed to suck up all the light and leave the other stunted. There are about 10 really nice ones, but then 2 little craggly, barely-green colas tucked under the leaves. Would it be better to just leave these alone and throw them into some butter at the end, or would it be a good idea to snip these colas off? My thought in the matter, is that by removing the lesser colas, more energy and nutes go into the already healthy colas, sort of like thinning peaches off peach trees to promote larger peaches. What do you think? Would this just stress the plant too much to be worth doing?
 

Hydrotech364

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Most heavy Indica has to be harvested twice,IMO.Too much light blocked out.The alternative is to grow twice or 3 times as many from clone shifting to flower almost immediately.Massive main Colas and 70-80 day grows from clone to cut.
 
Most heavy Indica has to be harvested twice,IMO.Too much light blocked out.The alternative is to grow twice or 3 times as many from clone shifting to flower almost immediately.Massive main Colas and 70-80 day grows from clone to cut.
Hmm... Interesting. So I guess ganja is pretty similar to other fruiting plants then, allowing multiple harvests. Kind of like how some strawberries will ripen before others and have to be picked multiple times. Makes sense though.

The only issue is, there's not a lot of time to work with. The plant needs to be out as soon as possible, so after the first harvest in a few weeks, that's the end of the game. In this particular case, would you think it's more beneficial to remove these colas then?
 

Hydrotech364

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Indica or indica dominant,full Sativas have a better spread(node spacing).I still prefer Indica, SCROG single harvest.
 

whitebb2727

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I just cut the top buds off two plants and the bottom half are still there. Of course I use t5. That's why I cut a plant 2-3 times. If you use a scope on tricomes you will see amber first on the tops. They ripen first.
 
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