Week 3 of flower ( I think), should I still trim low growth?

What strain is it?- Skywalker OG -Photoperiod

Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Veg/Pre-flower

If in Veg, for how long?-These sprouted May 12th

If in Flower stage, For how long?

Indoor or outdoor?- Outdoor

Soil, Soilless or Hydro? -Soil

If soil/soilless, what is in your mix? Miracle grow pearlite garden soil

If soil/soilless, what size pot?

Size of grow space (LxWxH)? 10 gallon fabric pot

Make and model of grow light?

Temperature in the environment? Michigan outside grow, around 75-90 degrees

Humidity in the environment? Michigan outside grow around 60-70% humidity

PH of medium or reservoir? Been feeding both water and nutrient's at 6.5-6.8 PH balance

PPM of medium or reservoir? Unfamiliar with testing and adjusting PPM (new to growing this is something I really need to research more)

Any Pests? No- sprayed organic pesticide and fungicide on plants about a week and half ago. 3 in 1 organic Be Safe spray.

How often are you watering? every other day unless it rains, been giving full nutes every 3rd watering

Type and strength of nutrients used? using General Hydroponics 3 part flora.

My nutrient feed is as follows-

Feeding 2 gallons of water per plant (10 plants in total)

FloraMicro- 20mls (10ml per gallon)

FloraGrow- 30mls (15ml per gallon)

FloraBloom- 10mls (5ml per gallon)

CalMag- 10mls (5ml per gallon)

Hey everyone,

1st year grower here and I've been extremely pleased with my grow so far. I have 10 plants that look to be about 2-3 weeks into flower (first small buds popped yesterday!). My question is, I did well with my LST and defoliation during veg but I still have some growth towards the bottom and was told any low hanging branches that don't reach over 50% of the height of the plant should be cut. This is an outside grow so I'm not overly concerned about height but I also don't want to end up with a ton of small popcorn buds. What's everyones opinion on trimming up lower growth this far into flower? Do I run the risk of more damage than good? Should I do it now to increase yield?

Appreciate any insight.

Comments (3)

Mr. Grow It

Aug 19, 2020

I think you'll be fine pruning now. Looking at the bud formation, your plants looks more like week 1 of flower imo. I would guess the plants will continue to grow upwards for another 10-14 days or so. I personally still prune my plants all the way up until the plant stops stretching.

Eric

Replying to

Thank you for the input! I'm nervous that they're going to stretch taller, that will put them above my fence line and I don't like the idea of advertising all this bud lol. Am I safe to bend them down as well?

Thanks

Aug 21, 2020

@Eric Yes, you can also do low stress training. I do low stress training up until the plant stops stretching as well.