pruning help anyone

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jammin26

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• Nov 9, 2007

• #1

does anyone know if i should prune this plant as the leaves are taking light and space. i read you shouldnt cut leaves as they need them to grow but ive seen alot of plants with the bottom half pruned.

 

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wafflehouselover

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• Nov 9, 2007

• #2

if you plan on flowering it anytime soon yes it does need a hair cut, just make sure you don't take off too much on the top =)

 

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Lumberjack

• Nov 9, 2007

• #3

cut the bottom 1/3 off...

 

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r32

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• Nov 10, 2007

• #4

I trim, at 5 weeks most the original fan leaves are pulled, buds are HUGE!

 

valuablevariable

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• Nov 10, 2007

• #5

how come everybody is saying cut them off, all ive ever heard was leave them on. Maybe wait a lil longer untill you get more opinions

 

Kassidy

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• Nov 10, 2007

• #6

my baby is looking the same way. is it better to prune it now that i have been 2weeks into flowering?? i was just gonna leave em hangin, but if i need to give her a hair-cut then i guess thats what ill do!

 

valuablevariable

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• Nov 10, 2007

• #7

what ive been told over and over is dont cut them off

 

Kassidy

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• Nov 10, 2007

• #8

ya, thats what i have read but i think i am going to trim the bottom part to get more light down there.

 

MrFishy

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• May 21, 2008

• #9

I NEVER left my fan leaves (water leaves) on plants until I read that here . . . and now that I'm flowering, I find myself taking them off anyway, as they suck up a LOT of light I don't have to give THEM. It certainly opened up the lower growth to some light and thus, some hope of a few decent lower budz.
Had I left them, I certainly wouldn't have made this little MaMa.
2 foot across, 11" tall, 21 days into flower.

 

Dirtyboy

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• May 21, 2008

• #10

The only trimming one should do is the bottom branches or the skrawny branches that are not getting light. Cut the whole branch off.