first time grower

[johnb1963]

hello all, thanks for all the advise. this is my first time growing. I wanted to grow a small plant, so it won't be noticed in the neighborhood, and after after a constant battle with bugs, I think I'm finally at the flowering stage, i think. Do you think i should have trimmed off more of the lower branches? Most of the lower branches have nice little flowers. I did prune a a crap load of lower shoots over the weekend.

[HappyDaze]

I'd say it depends....if the plant is getting mostly indirect light, like in the left pic, it could benefit from pruning. If it's getting lots of direct light, like in the other photos, buds will mature lower on the plant. How long your season is, might also play into how much more trimming you're going to want to do.