Thinning too much

Hey guys haven't grown before wondering if I'm on the right track here. Got told to thin out my canopy this is what I did.

Did you have problems with the canopy? Condensation of lack of air flow?

Otherwise there is not much reason to remove leaves. The more more that is intercepted the more growth you get. If you can see the bottom the light reaches the bottom instead of reaching a leaf.

Plants look great. Personally I like a canopy with good airflow. Like to add that your plants look very healthy, keep up the great work!

Pa-Donk said:

Hey guys haven't grown before wondering if I'm on the right track here. Got told to thin out my canopy this is what I did.

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Looks great

Airflow and light penetration are reasons to defoliate the plant.
I do a preflower defoliation, a 21 day post flower and if needed a 42 day post flower. Removing leaves that block airflow and light penetration.
In all my years of growing I have gone too far a few times and probably lost some yield but there is the balance.
This is a Monster Crop I did in 2018. This was a clone I took at day 32 of flowe
The only one out of 11 clones to root. Pic taken on 1/21/18

Two weeks later. 2/05/18


I had the mothers of this plant in the tent in flower so this is was the day they went into the tent.
4/03/18


Tied down the plant 4/21/18

Over the top defoliation. 4/22/18

Well I said it was over the top but here she is 7 days later.

And here she is the day before harvest.
Got 19 plus zips of smokable buds off the haul.

This over the top defoliation probably caused the overall weight to be a bit less, but the buds were totally removed from the branches and totally trimmed for smoking, so I was not disappointed with this grow.

Pa-Donk said:

Hey guys haven't grown before wondering if I'm on the right track here. Got told to thin out my canopy this is what I did.

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The thinning out you did looks good.

You have lots of floor space left too. If you want to open things up without taking more leaves use some yarn or string and tape. Tie the yarn around a branch and then pull to where you want the branch. Tape to the side of the pot. You will have wider plants, more open, and it's quick to do.

NotTheRobot said:

The thinning out you did looks good.

You have lots of floor space left too. If you want to open things up without taking more leaves use some yarn or string and tape. Tie the yarn around a branch and then pull to where you want the branch. Tape to the side of the pot. You will have wider plants, more open, and it's quick to do.

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Thanks man I am trying I did some tying down last night here is how it turned out before and after