if i have an autoflowering female, and I plan on doing LST am I supposed to also trim the plant? When do I trim it if I do? I am a total newbie
I've seen people trim their plants right before flowering stage so the light gets evenly distributed, I'm just wondering if there is a specific technique I'm supposed to do with an auto plant
Personally I dry trim. It is harder but it protects the resin heads and in my experience it makes the herb smell better when dried its also nice to have dry resin coated leaves because there is your jointskiis
you can "trim back" growth ON ANY PLANT.....AT ANY TIME..if you want.....some say to LST....(which includes trimming) hinders the overall yield of an auto while others say the opposite.......GO FIGURE!!!! LOL I however have done both to autos and ALTHOUGH there are SLIGHT variations in overall yield....EITHER WAY will produce good bud.....its up to the PERSONAL GROWER on when...and if............they want to trim
Kronik352 answered it pretty well.... Everyone here will just give you their own opinion because it's more of a 2 sided argument a lot of people believe don't mess with any of the leaves where as some will say go ahead and trim some to get more light in.... If you can't tuck them away somewhere and you want to trim them trim them it won't make a huge impact on your grow either way Also if you do trim I wouldn't recommend doing it until it's to bushy I wouldn't trim just to trim
Personally I wouldn't touch an auto let it run its "natural" course. Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk
I tend to leave my autos alone a lil leaf tucking and ponytailing will serve them better... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320A using Tapatalk
I'm not a big fan of removing fan leaves after trying some defoliating. With auto's who knows, you have to talk to an auto expert. Totally different animal. On photo plants most people remove the bottom 10-15% of growth entirely. If there is buds down there they turn out like crap anyway. If you remove the bottom you get better air circulation to prevent mold, ect, and you get more yield since energy is diverted to the parts of the plant that make the nicer buds.
You can LST that's where you tie branches down to get an even canopy and multiple large colas instead of one main cola. https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1426860/