Too late to trim?

[Hold Your Fire]

I'm on day 19 of 12/12, is it too late to do any lower branch trimming? I've already stripped a bit, but should have taken a few more branches off. Is it too late to do this? I don't want stress to become an issue.
I'm running Double Dutch clones, under a 1000w hps, in pro-mix, in a 4 x 4 home box.

 

[crankndapot]

might cause a little stress but i would do it and have done it.. not a huge deal i dont think

 

[funkervogt]

Why are you trim the lower branches?

 

[reefa cheefa]

the sooner the better. are they done stretching yet?

 

[Hold Your Fire]

I'm growing bushes about 24-36 in. high, so I get rid of lower growth that doesn't yield much. I'm shooting for 6-8 main growing branches per plant including the top bud.

 

[Hold Your Fire]

the sooner the better. are they done stretching yet?

They do not stretch much so I'm sure they're done. I'll probably leave them be. Thanks for the help folks.

 

[tube dude]

I always wait until after the stretch before I trim out the under growth. It makes them stretch more if you trim them early and I have height restrictions. I usually have to trim them again in a couple of weeks to get the small stuff I missed the first time.