Trim after topping or not?

[frojobagginz]

Day 37 of these beauties but my concern is that im not sure if i should be thinning these girls out or not.. They were topped at day 21 and have thrived since.. Have raised lights once again..keeping them 22inches from the plants. Any advice is greatly appreciated..

 

[frojobagginz]

Day 37 of these beauties but my concern is that im not sure if i should be thinning these girls out or not.. They were topped at day 21 and have thrived since.. Have raised lights once again..keeping them 22inches from the plants. Any advice is greatly appreciated..

Am also thinking of topping again as well as thinning these girls out.. HELP ME OUT WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS PLEASE..

 

[DaddyKush]

What type of light are you using?

 

[frojobagginz]

What type of light are you using?

Im using 2x 600w sphlizon lights.

 

[DaddyKush]

If you're using LED you should be able to get them a lot closer to the plants than 22 inches. That distance is OK for a larger coverage area but you're losing probably 50% of your light energy at that distance. LEDs don't produce the same type of intense heat as HIDs and can be a lot closer to the canopy.

 

[freed]

another option is to trim half
that way you can learn which you like

 

[frojobagginz]

If you're using LED you should be able to get them a lot closer to the plants than 22 inches. That distance is OK for a larger coverage area but you're losing probably 50% of your light energy at that distance. LEDs don't produce the same type of intense heat as HIDs and can be a lot closer to the canopy.

Thank you for the input.. I have lowered them so we will see

 

[LiberalThinker]

In the veg stage all the leaves help to get the plant mature as quickly as possible. I don't think there's anything to be gained removing leaves at this stage. It will just replace them. They are not blocking anything, are they? When you put it into flower, and after it's stretched, you can properly assess what flowering sites are being blocked.

 

[DaddyKush]

I'd take all the lower growth off a few days before you switch to 12/12. Basically anything below the canopy. But keep your upper fan leaves. Try to tuck rather than pluck.