So I decided to take your information and if you don’t mind, take a look at the photos that I took after removing the fan leaves as well as defoliating the bottom in order to overall lollipop the plant so I can yield as much as possible. Please let me know any and all information that you have, good or bad because I just want to make sure my plant is happy and healthy. This way it will make me happy and healthy when I finish up. Thanks again for letting me know about the family leaves because now I have nine buds that are exposed as opposed to I think four or five.
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So I decided to remove families along with defoliating the plant right before flowering starts and I was just curious of what you thought from the pictures that I have posted since last night. Any and all information good or bad will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again. DT
I think you over pruned it. I like big healthy plants and let it die off naturally most of the time. I try not to overtrim and definitely don’t make a shape to it other then the initial topping to split the bud
If thia was your first grow i would literally have left it alone to see what its supposed to look like first. But that’s me. I’m not the biggest harvester here but I’ve got 5 now.
I definitely appreciate the feedback. With everything that I did I feel like it is a good amount of stress on the plants and like you said on my first row it’s good to just let it go and see what happens but with me not topping it I figured a few fan leaves and some defoliation wouldn’t be too bad. I honestly only trimmed a total of 12 leaves and that’s including the fan leaves so hopefully everything Will come out all right but keep the feedback coming because I know you know what’s going on and I do appreciate it.
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we all are a bit different with our own preference i live in cold winters hot summers in Canada so I get a few zones to play with. What my learning curve has been has been losing like 3 4 plants for various reasons. Root rot. Burn. Mold. Lack of oxygen to roots. You name it. In general I’m fairly good with plants. House is full of em all me. This is all new to me. I’ve said it before Chris and azuri all care about ph etc etc…I don’t. I just want the plant to grow… that means having good tools aka Grobo. Shell recover and shoot up soon. Don’t freak out if your not on auto and your light schedule changes
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Not a bad job you would’ve had to cut the bottom off anyway when the second defoliation occurs at day 21 … your plant will grow lush leaves as it enters stretch and be robust again … I like to focus on the top of the top plant when I’m entering stretch as you usually have to defoliate all the under canopy anyway
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My family has owned and operated a florist in Charleston South Carolina for over 85 years now and I worked there for seven years of my life and like you I love plants so I understand where you’re coming from when you say just let the plant do its thing instead of pruning and stressing it out. Basically You don’t try and do too much but just let the plant do what it’s going to do naturally. With that said, I’m not growing in soil like I always have and Since I’m growing hydroponically I am going to take the information from other hydroponic Growers and see where that takes me.
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So you’re saying the next time I defoliate to focus more towards the top instead of the bottom like I’ve been doing correct? Just want to make sure that I am picking up what you’re putting down. Thanks again for the feedback.
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So I leave the top fan leaves and remove most of the bottom escailly when they are covering bud sites … but that’s just me everyone has their own opinion I personally don’t care too heavy about fan leaves since they always grow back but that’s me
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Nice dude she’s looking good for sure !! Those buds will swell
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thin out some touching leaves to prevent bud rot.
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What do you mean by touching leaves?
Leaves touching each other via laying on each other. These areas create mositure which can create mold ot create other issues such as leaf discoloration
There is a section in growweedeasy.com that is just a diagram of what all the different bad leaves could look like and what the problem is. Good knowledge to have
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Looks really good! 
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Had to remove my main cola from the front right of my plant because I could see where bud rot was already starting to set in so I just locked that thing off of the entire plant. Thanks for the heads up or I would’ve literally ruined my whole harvest. Luckily it was a very small amount of yellow I could see but it was in a very thick cola On the front right of my plant. At least the very large cola on the back left is not showing any signs of having that problem and hopefully I won’t have to work anymore buds before harvest time.
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