Reccomendations on trimming some of these fan leaves?

Mexicanhedies2003

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Day 25 of flower. Trimmed in the middle of veg when I topped. Trimmed again around day 10 of flower. I only wanted these 3 ft. tall at most but they literally tripled in height after moving them to the flower room (wondering if IR light contributed to this). The tallest is over 6 ft. and the smallest is 4 ft. tall. Looking for the biggest harvest of non scraggly buds as possible. Any input from experience is gratefully appreciated. Thx guys.
 

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Skuxx

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Looks like a mess. You're supposed to manage it daily throughout veg and flower. Even that shit out and get rid of the bottom shoots that won't amount to anything.
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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i allways say dont nmasacer your plants, you will bring about hermiism if your not carefull
Ya I ended up with 3 hermies shortly after my first trim in flower. I pulled them. Took the fan leaves and the bud sites off about 1/3 of the way up. Also found one male in my batch of feminized seeds. Sucked because it was do si dos X grape pie and only had 4 of them. Also one of them hermied so Im down to 2. One of the strains I cut clones from turned to a hermie. Im wondering if the clones will have a tendency to hermie?
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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Too late for any fancy lumberjack skills. Seriously you can bend the taller stems down. Or if needed cut the tops below the canopy. Not suggested. Lose the bigger buds and may shock the plant. Try bending or removing lower popcorn not looking so full.
I probably have about 4 more inches they can grow then I can bend them kver some without breaking I believe. Hoping they're done growing height wise tho and start putting all their energy into flowering.
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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Looks like a mess. You're supposed to manage it daily throughout veg and flower. Even that shit out and get rid of the bottom shoots that won't amount to anything.
I trimmed all the shoots and fans 1/3 of the way up the plant at the time. I wasnt expecting them to triple in height after putting them in the flower room. Was planning to trim the fans once more but not anymore shoots. You believe it would be beneficial to cut shoots with flowers already at day 25 of flower? The lowest shoot I would say begins halfway up the plant. Most of the lower shoots also come up quite a ways towards the canpoy. The girls are sleeping now but maybe Ill snap a few pics closer up tmrw.
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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Too late for any fancy lumberjack skills. Seriously you can bend the taller stems down. Or if needed cut the tops below the canopy. Not suggested. Lose the bigger buds and may shock the plant. Try bending or removing lower popcorn not looking so full.
Ya at the time the lower shoots were a lot closer to the canpoy. They exploded in height after moving to the flower room. Im going to remove my pully hooked to the light and that will give me another 4-5 inches and slightly bend them if need be. I refuse to chop my head nugs!!! You think if I put posts at each corner and run rope to hold all the branches in they will support each other on the inside? Was originally planning a scrog but it has gotten a lil out of control for that.
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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Poor wording as I deciphered is all. Honest advice. Sad to chop when not needed. A few days bending and some loose tying over is best now. LOL.
Ya I refuse to chop my head nugz!!! I have 4-5 inches I can move my led up and about 1.5 ft. I can move the 600 watt hps up. If need be after that I will slightly bend them in
 
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