First time growing and it's an auto. On both of my plants I want to expose two growth nodes to more light I really want to pluck the leaves. For now I tucked them under bigger fan leaves but I want opinions on what would be better to do.
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You can "prune" your plant and take off those fan leaves that are blocking the light - usually "defoliation" (heavy) is done in week 4 of vegation and week 4 of flower . For now just remove the two bottom fan leaves and possibly the second set - no more. Lst is a method one can use all thru grow with defoliation. Is the plant an auto? -
DO NOT use extreme defoliation on an auto. It may not have time to recover. I would however pluck a big fan leaf that is blocking a potential bud site. Very light pruining and LST is best for an auto.Comment
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Thanks for commenting on this_ I grew three autos for part of my last grow and was very careful-probably too careful, and have been wondering how much stress I can put an auto through to get more colas? My experience has been with photoperiods mostly.
Do you think I could get away FIMing an auto if done around the time it gets a fourth node? Then doing just LST and light pruning afterwards.That way I could get a more symmetrical plant to work from with LST afterwards...I did this with one plant before by mistake and it turned out ok, but then I backed off on the LST being wary after reading I shouldn't have done that! I'm thinking of using two auto strains that have 70-80 day seed to flower finishing times, to hopefully have a little extra time for the FIM to heal before it goes into fllower mode...suggestions appreciated!
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Let it grow a little bit more, maybe another week, then bend it over and tie it down! It will create a new top or two. Its amazing what these plants will do.Team AutoMechanicsComment
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Looks too early to be plucking many leaves on an auto. Topping has worked nicely for my autos in creating a spread of colas, and some LST could help. Good luck! 🌻Comment
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It's mainly just two leaves blocking my light .not lookig for amazing yields just yet for my current needs 1 to 2 ounces a plan is sufficient. I'm roughly in my 3rd week of growingComment
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I'm using cfl's I'm adding some soft white in the floweringComment
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Totally experiment man..learn what you can as you go...
I for one would go aggressive....that's me thoComment
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Here is an example of an auto defoliated and very aggressive tying down...she is 22 days old...taking full strength nutes and thriving
Check out my baby tika thread...Comment
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