Flowering Stage

[420NewbieRoyce]

Is it ok to clip off the scraggly looking stems at the bottom of my girls. Would it allow more nuts to go up towards the top or should I just leave them. I really want to trim it up hoping that it will increase the size of the buds? Thanks for you opinion!

 

[kaotik]

search the term lollipopping marijuana
it is quite a common technique.

how far along into bloom are you though?

 

[Rosebud]

That is a great idea, go ahead.

Hi Kaotik!

 

[420NewbieRoyce]

about 3 weeks.

 

[kaotik]

i think you're bordering on too late, but i'm gonna leave that to someone else to answer
like i said, search that term (google or our search, though our forum search overlooks many thread i feel) likely find a lot more info than i could supply you, is a fairly common technique. or wait for more to chime in, i know some people from here do it (heck, i do it too, but so minuscule.. it hardly qualifies )

*hi rose

 

[420NewbieRoyce]

If I was to cut them off, I can still save the leaf and all that stuff for the patient so they could use it correct?

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I personally would not cut them off 3 weeks into flowering.

Anything you cut off is useless and should be put in the compost--it is simply too immature to have anything developed any "good" yet.

 

[420NewbieRoyce]

Not even for butter or oil? Even though there are those would be larfy buds?

 

[Rosebud]

No nothing.

 

[420NewbieRoyce]

So I take it the only time the trims or leave are any good is at the time of the harvest? That's what I am taking from this.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

So I take it the only time the trims or leave are any good is at the time of the harvest? That's what I am taking from this.

Yes, that's pretty much it. I don't even really save leaves, only the tiny frosty ones around the bud. Pretty much everything with a stem is tossed away unless it really sparkles.

 

[420NewbieRoyce]

So I see it's for the THC content, any CBD's in the leaves, for some reason I thought there was some in there and the small flowers

 

[Rosebud]

The small sugar leaves have lots of good stuff. When you harvest you can check with a loupe which leaves have tricomes on them. With NLarry, I think most all but the fan leaves have some good stuff. And yes I think the leaves have more cbd's.