Cropping and training. Day 43

Day 43. Think it’s About time to train. Lollipop method may be best from looks of the plant right now. Let me know thoughts.

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You right about the lollipop training.

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Thabks @Bplatinum9 Is it fine to do it now or should I wait until it gets to the second fan (or st least closer). Snipped two fan leaves I meantime

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Its totally ok to do it now or wait until transition, I start in as soon as I enter late veg. You can do it gradually or all at once its up to you. I would just try to focus on not removing bud sites unless you develop a technique like some who only want the main colas.
Example: 20% or less at the bottom is more than enough.
Bottom cleanup/lollipop…

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Is the bud sites just the non fan leaf portions of the stem then? I couldn’t find any examples via search

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In this picture you can see the buds sites just starting to grow.
I only circled a couple…

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In this picture the plant has been stripped of mainly everything to focus on the bud sites.

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There are fan leaves (big ones) water travels through to feed the plant.

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Sugar leaves (small leaves) that holds the THC/CBD for edible making.
Small leaves attached to the buds.

And buds ( center flowers) the meat of the plant that is smoked. These don’t fully develop until flower stage.

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Late veg day 49. Lollipoped the plant. See before after pics.

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