prunning a plant

I only cut off the leaves if they look stressed or damaged in any way. Yellow, tips bad etc.

You shouldn't really ever cut off any leaf, it stores energy for the plant. If a leaf has yellow tips there is no point in pruning it just so that it looks nice...

prune the lower leaves if you want to focus energy to the top (might get a lil taller)

I wouldnt prune unless u have to... i ended up cutting one or two leaves that were laying on the soil. I got tired of having to lift them when watering. Didnt do any harm...

I have the same problem with my leaves laying on the soil, can you tell me how you cut them please?, is there a certain way to do it?

Originally Posted by JamesPurpleHayes

I have the same problem with my leaves laying on the soil, can you tell me how you cut them please?, is there a certain way to
do it?

this is Zuba my sweet mango auto(2 in background diff.) over 21 days
i did two waves of fan leaves pruning.i cut till only the smallest fan leaves are left
but i use a unique cauterizing technique for pruning
it is now 44 days old +/- a day
hope this helps you.i will do this till a few hairs show.then stop before full flower slows down growth
i use 600w hps and 4 26w t3 6500k
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Dude I haven't heard of this technique but I'm essence most the time your just killing the plants energy but cutting all them leaves off. Leave them all on for one harvest and I promise you will do better!

dont prune leaves on an auto! Only prune leaves that are:1) laying on the soil 2) have become completely necrotic (this doesnt include just yellow tips; once a part of the leaf literally has gone brown and crispy, then pull just the dead part off to reduce bacteria/fungi)

I really would not recommend pruning for any other reason, the leaves are green for a reason, they contain chlorophyl which captures light to make sugars, these sugars are transported around the plant to where the plant wants to use them, so fan leaves DO increase bud size and the general health of the plant.

On a photo strain, there are growing techniques during vegetative growth where pruning is utilised, because the veg phase can be prolonged until the plant has the desired structure. But an autoflower is a ticking clock from the start. If space is a problem, use lst or scrog or just use less plants from the start. in a small space, less plants = more good bud. (ive also recently heard good results from early topping, but this seems contraversial still, im gonna top one of my next autos for test)