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Cut side branch with bud? To let mainline bud from?

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Alexn

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Hey guys, this is my second grow and first time doing a manifold.

Untill now I have removed all side shoots and only left the 8 main branches. But now that I'm getting close to the end of stretch I don't know if I should remove them. And let the bud form only on the main branches.

I can't decide because the buds on the offshoots are more developed than the little one on the main stems. I attached a picture so you can see what I'm talking about. Red is the offshoot/side branch. And blue is small bud waiting to form on main stem.

Because of this difference in development I'm afraid of cutting it off. But I think I will go forward with cutting the side branch.

What do you guys recommend?
 

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Based on the pic I don't think I would cut anything, yet. That bud is going to phatten up. Can you put up a pic of the whole plant?
 
Leave it! I trim at weeks 3 and 6 of flower. Week 3 I remove the lower, skinny undeveloped branches. Week 6 I remove the big fans. Other than that let em grow
 
Don't cut everything, but be selective: remove the side branches that block the light or grow unevenly, keep a few strong branches, so that the plant is not too stressed and you still have additional flowers.
 
Every photo I see of manifolds. It seems every bud is on the main stems no offshoots. I believe this is the same as tomatoes and the suckers
 
Well I do have 8 main colas, but I have removed all side branches until now. But I think I'll cut these too. Risk it for the biscuit
 
I'd like to see the whole plant simply to get a better picture of where the offshoot is in relation to the main stem. I cannot determine from your OP. The number of buds you have is really up to you. Have you checked out the info at this link? https://www.growweedeasy.com/manifold
 
I did exactly like in the tutorial. But every photo that's on there just shows the main colas with no side branches. So every time you get a node you get two side branches. So that's what I was cutting off
 
Apparently I messed up big time. The blue is a calyx and won't grow to become a bud. So I guess after he gets his 8 main colas he just flips to flower and only defoliates? And does not touch anything from the new nodes?
 
This is my second grow. I actually don't know. I just went with it. But I freaked out when I saw the top being so developed and my lower nodes buds not even opening up.
 
Your top buds will get bigger if you remove the side branches BUT those are also where you get your yield from. By week 3 you can tell what’s going to produce and what’s holding the plant back. Anything still small and skinny by week 3 gets removed
 
We all need a little reassurance from time to time even after years of growing. I learn from questions like this
 
Are you kidding or a first time grower? The flowering clock starts ticking at the first sign of flower indoors or outside autos & Photoperiods. Do you start the count at the flip and then bitch about the breeder lying about the weeks in flower?
 
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