How much should I prune off???

None of it. Why would you? The fan leaves are literally the engine driving the thing.

Not even close to being enough foliage there to consider trimming any off. Even at that, defoliation is a rather controversial practice and you really have to know your plant well to not do more harm than good. I always do my best to just tuck away fan leaves that are blocking light, I only clip them off as an absolute last resort measure.

Bottom of plant doesn’t seem to like them big leaves lol

Yeah, just tuck those leaves out of the way if they block anything. But removing leaves will do more harm than good for this plant.

I dunno, removal of the bigger fans would let light get to the lower nodes and improve branching. I wouldn't be concerned taking the fans at this age, they will be replaced.

In veg I would axe those 2 big fokkers to help branches grow. It will all grow back.

You are looking to top at this particular stage.

budman111 said:

You are looking to top at this particular stage.

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It is at a perfect stage for a good FIM.

If you prune everything and leave a pencil stem, it will grow back.

Don_Sequitor said:

If you prune everything and leave a pencil stem, it will grow back.

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Well you have to leave nodes.

Renfro said:

Well you have to leave nodes.

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Nuh huh.

I topped it and growth came out of the stem.

Don_Sequitor said:

Nuh huh.

I topped it and growth came out of the stem.

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What? In all my years I have never seen a plant branch out from the stem. Do you have pictures of this miracle lol. They always branch from nodes.

I have seen nodes that were pruned tight pop new growth. But yeah he's yanking chains.

why prune leaves when you can pour a gallon of bleach into the medium? the bleach will instantly flower your plant into maturity, dry & cure your buds all in one pour! it just takes 3 days for the process to complete.
what's not to love?!

Well I already did a fim. About to start lst I’m thinking I could do another fim tho.

Renfro said:

I dunno, removal of the bigger fans would let light get to the lower nodes and improve branching. I wouldn't be concerned taking the fans at this age, they will be replaced.

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@Renfro Do you remove upper plant leaves in flowering to let light penetrate?

Meast21 said:

@Renfro Do you remove upper plant leaves in flowering to let light penetrate?

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Not in flowering