Frenjamin Banklin
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Trimming by whatever name you call it is going to be something that you do by feel. It’s going to be something that you learn one plant at a time. My own personal opinion is that many people start to early. They here a general set of directions from an experienced grower to trim xxx branch in xxx day. Unfortunately it’s not that easy. You are going to see that certain strains will have different plant structures and that certain primary and secondary nodes act differently.
Things to look out for. Your first two dominant nodes that hopefully are at 90 degrees to each other are going to form the basic structure of you plant along with the main. Once my first and second nodes have enough leaf structure and are branching out(2-3 weeks) I begin to take the two dominant fans from the main stalk to slow it down and let more light into the lower nodes. You can then start two slowly open the plant up and allow those first two nodes to become the structure of the whole plant. As they grow I trim all the stems that come of those branches at 90 degrees to your floor. I leave all the ones that are parallel to the floor. The exception being the furthest one out. I’ll leav the top but take the bottom. As you are allowing the plant to grow and she enters stretch you’ll see her throw out these random shoots straight up from the center of the plant. It will be obvious that they have no chance and you’ll clip them.
My advice would be to go very slowly. The trimming of unwanted branches is not going to be the limiting factor in your first grow. I wouldn’t let over doing it be what ruins it. The most important thing to learn on your first grow will be patience. You really want to get to know how the plants grow before to much abuse. As far as fan leaves go you can take them a bit more liberally when they start to get crowded.
Things to look out for. Your first two dominant nodes that hopefully are at 90 degrees to each other are going to form the basic structure of you plant along with the main. Once my first and second nodes have enough leaf structure and are branching out(2-3 weeks) I begin to take the two dominant fans from the main stalk to slow it down and let more light into the lower nodes. You can then start two slowly open the plant up and allow those first two nodes to become the structure of the whole plant. As they grow I trim all the stems that come of those branches at 90 degrees to your floor. I leave all the ones that are parallel to the floor. The exception being the furthest one out. I’ll leav the top but take the bottom. As you are allowing the plant to grow and she enters stretch you’ll see her throw out these random shoots straight up from the center of the plant. It will be obvious that they have no chance and you’ll clip them.
My advice would be to go very slowly. The trimming of unwanted branches is not going to be the limiting factor in your first grow. I wouldn’t let over doing it be what ruins it. The most important thing to learn on your first grow will be patience. You really want to get to know how the plants grow before to much abuse. As far as fan leaves go you can take them a bit more liberally when they start to get crowded.
