Hey all, I have some trim questions regarding my babies. first off I want to make clear my intentions. I have 14 plants(number will reduce during sexing) and they are mostly short, heavy, top cola producers(bubblegum, mazar) and I am not interested in topping but I was wondering about trim techniques for lower branches to help encourage heavier top bud production. I have never trimmed before(just let them grow) so I am not sure when and exactly where to do so for desired results. they are 6 weeks from seed with the taller ones being about a foot tall now. here are some pics of my babies and a pic from my high times calender of some NL5 where they trimmed lower to produce heavy upper(just as a reference to what I would like to achieve). If anyone can help I would be entirely grateful thanx!

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There's nothing to trim at the moment, they all look like good sea of green single cola plants. I'd leave them as they are and put them into 12/12 now.

Congratulations by the way, nice crop.

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Greenhouse Seeds - Indica Mix E

Thanks man. I checked them last night and I saw a set of female preflowers on the tallest. I am putting in my hps and switching friday. When do you think I should trim? I know that in my setup the lower levels will get little light and waste energy.

anyone? please? pretty please?

Once they start flowering you should be able to tell what will be the top cola ... then just take everything underneath off

If you are going for the sea of green method then there really is no reason to manually trim any of the leaves.

When the plants start to crowd each other then the lower leaves will begin to die off naturally because of the lack of light. Then it is time to just collect any drying/ yellowing leaves. All the fan leaves produce energy for the entire plant. Trimming excess leaves will put the plant into slight shock and increase the flowering time dramatically.

Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all and the plants know a lot better than we do what it needs to produce to it's potential.

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Down's 7 Course Meal: A 6 Pack and a Joint

Im a big trimmer of my plants and I usually like to trim between 1/4 to 1/3 off the bottom of my plants so they can focus all of their energy on the main colas.

Heres a few pics of some of my trimmed plants at the younger stages and you can see the results of them in the later stages in the current grow link in my sig.

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Yes for M Blaze. The fan leaves are not soley there for the photo thing. That is not there main purpose. Find the answer to that, & you have your solution. Anybody? The key lies within the traits of a fig tree, and lot's of other plant life.

Sorry but im pretty wasted right now so I dont know if your agreeing with my trim methods or not? lol

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thats what im talkin about. lovin the feedback. m blaze that is exactly what I was trying to understand. plus pics. dam man you arent growing pot plants, you are growing pot trees! thanx for the input and plus rep! will probably trim lower 1/4 in a week more of flowering(should help aid in watering of my crowded garden too) one last question should anyone feel inclined to answer. I have seen people apply some sort of goo on the stalks where they have trimmed lower branches. dont know why(maybe to fight off bugs from fresh wound?) my question is, is this necessary and if so what the hell is that stuff? I mean if not then more power to me for not having to spend more $ than I already invest in my one true hobby. hope to hear back!