I call it "skirting" the plants. Depending on how tall they are, light wattage and plants density, I have/do trim a portion of the lower branches off right at the meristem(main stalk). Just as you noticed, many lower branches are starved for light and won't produce but minimal tiny buds. "IMHO" trimming these, allows the plants to concentrate their growth to the upper, hi-yeild portion.I was wondering about cutting some of my plants. The nodes at the bottom of some plants doesn't really seem like they're gonna carry any bud. They dont get much light either under all that foliage and I was wondering if I should cut them of?
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