Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
Jon420: Nice to see someone stick to their guns, but your plant that's 5 weeks into flowering does not appreciate the 28 new injuries that it is being forced to deal with before resuming 'normal' growth.
Despite your protestations, stress during flowering should be avoided at all costs. Not olny does the plant take a couple of weeks to heal, the stress is a great way to turn her into a raging hermaphrodite.

Her job is to shed the leaves she no longer wants or needs. Your job is to clean the discards out of the pot. Unless Home and Garden is coming out for a photo shoot, "tidying-up" the undergrowth is unnecessary and counter-productive.

If you have mold or disease climbing-up the plant, then I'd say to go for it. Beyond that though...leave the poor ladies alone.

Also, if your lighting is insufficient to extend down far enough to promote healthy growth, you might want to get better lighting instead of plucking the under-performers.
Adjusting your watering might help prevent the yellowing, too.
Thanks a lot for the comment, always appreciate any and all input. The only leaves that I dare trim are leaves that are basically hanging on by a thread. I never tamper with new growth or leaves that are still providing as they should. I also never go in and clear out leaves or branches just to make more light available. I have yet to have plant be stressed enough by this method of trimming to turn hermie on me, or have growth stunted. Maybe I have good luck but until it stops working for me, I will continue to do as I do. And one other thing. It is only particular strains that I do this too and this just so happens to be one of them. Side by side with another of the same strain actually showed slower growth during flowering when the dead leaves were not trimmed off once or twice. Thanks again:thumbsup:
jon420 Reviewed by jon420 on . Trimming for a higher Yield 25 days into my grow, it occured to me that I may increase the yield or growth speed by trimming. On the main stem, at each node, there are 4 branches, 2 sets of 2. The Bottom branch of each set reaches out to form a set of leaves, and thats it. The top branch forms many sets of new leaves, new branches, and a site from which to eventually bud. My question, should i cut the bottom branches, so what is left is the fruiting branch, so energy is diverted from the bottom branches to the Rating: 5