Flowering Defoliation Advice

[KushLyfe]

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This beautiful White Widow plant is exactly a week into flowering and I've noticed that despite some LST to open up the bottom of the plant more, the bottom bud sites just arent looking good compared to the top (Using CFLs so a few inches makes a big difference).

Should I remove these lower bud sites and fan leaves before buds begin fattening to save some energy in my plant?

Strain: White Widow
Day 7 in Flowering
5x 60 watt CFLs

[SoOrbudgal]

Hi I remove the very whispy weak lower growth near base and up several inches. Good luck great strain you choice

[vostok]

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This beautiful White Widow plant is exactly a week into flowering and I've noticed that despite some LST to open up the bottom of the plant more, the bottom bud sites just arent looking good compared to the top (Using CFLs so a few inches makes a big difference).

Should I remove these lower bud sites and fan leaves before buds begin fattening to save some energy in my plant?

Strain: White Widow
Day 7 in Flowering
5x 60 watt CFLs

Chomp away and swap out ther cool whites 6500k for some flower stimulation warm whites at 2700 kelvin

as you are already burning 5x60=300 watts better of,

IMO of getting in a cheap ass 250w HPS

far better penetration at an increase of heat?

use what you steal as clones...?

good luck

[alltatup]

KushLyfe Welcome to the forum. I pinch off the tiny budlettes that appear down below throughout flower. They are called "suckers" because they suck some of the energy away from the buds up above. You will see them forming all the way through the flowering phase. Little suckers...

[D.A.A.S.69]

Are your cfls 60actual watts, or equivalent?

[KushLyfe]

60 watt equivalent.
I've went ahead and removed those buds sites about a week ago. This post can be closed now.

My new 600 watt ViparSpectra LED Light arrives tomorrow