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[SoOrbudgal]

Look at them grow these autos just are amazing 1 month nearly and they show preflower on some. Go little gals don't slow down.

[MeEasy]

Update = just wanted to show everyone the progress the girls have made. I cleaned up a handful of the lowest leaves the other day and another handful today. WC 1 is moving right along I was concerned that it was so short when it started showing preflower but it has surprised me in how much it has grown (pic 1) the rest are coming up pretty good to and a couple others are starting to show some pistils

[HobbitGDF]

I remove like normal. If anything space it out over couple days and the will be ok

[MeEasy]

Thanks gal that was what I was thinking, I just keep seeing shit saying not to touch them or the world is gonna stop spinning 🙀

[SoOrbudgal]

I sure do remove the " knuckle draggers " leaf on soil and i wait till i see budlets then remove the inside big fans just like my photos but not as much removed at first flower. After in bloom say 3wks i re evaluate if need any more removed. Yes the autos are tiny spaced between nodes until they stretch. Your grow looks happy

[MeEasy]

Good morning all, I need some clarification/advice from my autoflower growing neighbors 😀 I topped the last three this morning so all 8 are topped. Because I have so many different strains in there I had a couple plants trying to stretch so I cranked up the light which caused a couple of em to have almost no space between nodes. I wanted to do a little defoliation on a couple to give some air n light down in the plants. I don't find any auto specific defoliation instructions just a few places that say not to defoliate autos. Some have leaves dragging the ground and others have fans covering up and affecting the growth of the lower branches

My question is, is it ok to defoliate and if yes how much can I do without hurting their feelings? Can I defoliate them like I would any normal photo?

[SoOrbudgal]

Awsome that's the way it needs to be.

[MeEasy]

I don't think it slowed down at all the next morning the top two leaves were droopy but by the afternoon they were trying to hold up the light. I've topped the two in front middle and the one in the back rt corner. Just the one WC is showing preflower

[SoOrbudgal]

Very good growth i think MeEasy. Did topping the WC have any slow down? Sure look good from my angle.

[MeEasy]

Update = I snapped a couple pics while watering this morning and wanted to share. I've topped 3 so far and just tucking leaves for now to share some light with the bottom branches that are trying to poke their head up 🤞

[MeEasy]

Thanks budgal I've read so many different auto tutorials n articles and like everything else on the internet every other one contradicts what the other ones say so I definitely appreciate input from you guys/gals I trust. So please correct me if I'm forking up

Canuck I topped between 5 n 6 is that where you are meaning

[Canuck147]

I top my autoflowers at the sixth node - gives you 8 colas.

[SoOrbudgal]

I was and am in your same temp ranges. Yes it's slows down growth from what i see on mine. Wow that's pretty quick on that pre flower but they do that some strains. Over all i think you'll see if your temps get above 75 they'll perhaps stretch more and spread out? But i'm sure you may know this.......mine are doing OK slow growing even the photos because of these temps in my other tent that is not in a sealed room it's exposed to outdoor temps. Makes it real challenging but i love it, keeping them green & healthy. LOL Yours look very healthy

[MeEasy]

Update = the ladies are still just babies or so I thought 🤔 I actually topped one of the wedding cake this morning. I sure hope it wasn't a mistake doing it because it already has some preflower action happening just the first calyx with pistils but I've never seen a plant this small go into flower except in pictures so it made me a little uneasy about topping it. The rest are still coming along. It was 3 weeks ago today that the first 4 sprouts were planted and 2 weeks tomorrow on the other 4. I'm thinkin the growth might be a little slow which could be from the temperature nights are getting down in the mid to upper 60s days mid to upper 70s i know with photos that it's ok but I can add a week to their veg. I guess we'll see 👀

[RetiredGuy]

Looks like that earth dust is working well!