nutrient and trimming questions.

hows it going this is my first post, and am hoping you guys could impart some knowledge on me.

I am growing outdoors in the ground, and was given a ton of nutrients by a friend inculding miracle gro all purpose plant food, another liquid nutrient called vermi-t solution, which says it is for propgation growth and bloom, and neem oil. so far i have been giving them the nutrients as designated by the manufacturer, now i am a couple weeks into flowering and am wondering if i should step up the nutrients a little i typically mix 1 tbs per gallon of water and miracle gro plant food and give each plant 1 gallon every 7 days.

with the vermi t solution i mix about 1 tbs of the liquid per gallon and do the same except every 14 days.

And the neem oil, im not sure what its supposed to do, its says to spray on the leaves which i have but have noticed no real difference. and im not sure if i want to spray it on the buds that are popping up everywere.

I was also wondering if i should cut back a lot of the fan leaves while it is flowering or if i should just let them go crazy on their own. any help would be appreciated and any info on the flowering stage is more than welcome. thanks for your time!


PS. my plants are between 9-10ft right now. added some pics too tried to get a good shot but my phone sucks...

dont chop leaves they provide nutrients, catch sunlight and shade the new growth on hot days. Plus it will stress her and you dont want that, she will just put energy into growing more leaves anyhow if you do

Dont EVER cut off the fan leaves, the plant receives its energy from the fan leaves. Only cut off the fan leaf if its dying or dead, other than that always leave them.

I did an experiment on a few plants by removing a leaf from below a branch and left the one on the opposite branch which was equal size. The branch with the leaf still attached at the node grew much bigger and produced more bud every time.

dude if i was u ide drop all the miracle grow nutes and go get sum sensi bloom, get sum AN nutes for flowering, ei; bud candy, big bud, bud ignitor..

thanks for the tips guys, does anyone know anything about neem oil? i know that it is used for pesticide and is all natural, but am wary of spraying it onto the buds and am unsure if it will damage them or mess with the end quality. ive been hearing alot of stories about bud worms and want to keep my crop worm free.