Keep the fan leaves.
Prune the plant into a SINGLE cola before putting it in flower and remove any low branches ENTIRELY. Stake the plant. This is how commercial growers run popsicle plants in SOG to maximize the weight of prime top colas and shorten trimming time.
You may not need to prune at all if you simply allow the plant's apical dominance to continue, meaning NO pinching- you WANT the plant's natural hormones to do this job for you.
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . Bigger top colas I was curious if trimming all the undergrowth on each branch before putting a plant into flower would cause bigger top buds. Kinda like a scrog without the wire. I suspect that maybe trimming 1/4 of the plant each day for 4 days would reduce the stress. Any thoughts? Rating: 5