[stealthnstoned]

Hey so this is my first grow and im currently debating whether i should trim the fan leaves on this thai lights i have. Its about 35 days in veg under CFLs. I have been LSTing it since about it was 4 inches. Its grown quite a bit now and it bushes out. but im not sure if i should trim any of the leaves or just let it grow out ? Im worried about the movement in the big mass of leaves. lol heres a couple pics

[smokeymacpot]

i would trim that, fan leaf covering side shoot/grow tip = bad. lst it afterwards, give it a week or two to recover then flower it, all the side shoots should come alive like

[Grass Lands]

Yep she needs a good trim...nuttin better then a nice tight trimmed bush...but seriously, she needs to be pruned up to allow all those shoots to reach for the light, if it isn't pruned up she it will drastically reduce the yield of larger nuggs to more popcorn buds...

On my ladies if there a nice side shoot coming out I'll pluck the large fan leaf that is the food source for the branch but only after the branch has extended with at least 2 sets of leaves...

[stealthnstoned]

Crap!! i didnt end up trimming cuz i wasnt sure where how much and like what to do.. haha
i think shes a female! shes starting to grow wispy hairs right now at the internodes! But now shes overgrown into a big bush.. i dont know what i should trim. Theres a whole ton like 20-30 tiny grow shoots under the main canopy and maybe like.. 8 main large ones..


As you can see right now all you see is big fat fan leaves mostly... should i cut all those?? or should i trim al the small growth ( bud nodes ) underneath the canopy ?

how much can i trim at one time? Heres a couple pics i just took today of her.







Like should i be targetting the big fan leaves blocking stuff on top.. or all the little stuff underneath?

[Grass Lands]

hard to say man...each strain can be diff, I would start with the large fan leaves that are covering up the canopy and progress from there...ya wanna get those growing tips uncovered and let the light penetrate thru to them,

[stealthnstoned]

LOL im scared to trim... im scared to hurt my plant.... hahaha :( like i keep trying to tuck the big fan leaves under. but everytime i come back the next time.. its popped up again! i can see why LST is so good tho. this one is a monster.. its just exploded into a bush lol

[smokeymacpot]

Originally Posted by stealthnstoned

LOL im scared to trim... im scared to hurt my plant.... hahaha :( like i keep trying to tuck the big fan leaves under. but everytime i come back the next time.. its popped up again! i can see why LST is so good tho. this one is a monster.. its just exploded into a bush lol

it gets more bushy if you trim it and let all the side shoots grow out.