So what do you do outdoors in terms of canopy care?
Inside I strip inside growth, remove small suckers, create good airflow… is any of this of benefit outdoors too? I realize that light intensity difference is negligible from top to bottom of canopy, but penetration must still be a factor…?
If you do trim them up, then when? A bit throughout? Aggressively at specific times?
Thanks folks!
Yes I’m sure it’s just as good to do outdoors as mold and bugs can be a problem.
Hey HH, I never did anything to mine but that was during prohibition with more of a set it and forget it grow style. I lost my outdoor spot this year. Would love to do one of these once I do get a spot outside again.
Thanks @Undead-Toker; you and I think alike. I have never taken a plant through to flower outdoors before (had to abandon several times), so this is a first for me. Next year I may just try this with a few monsters
I didn’t do enough pruning last year. Mine are still small now, but I’ve been trimming off bottom funky stuff and anything touching the dirt. You could probably open those up a tad and shave her legs some
I basically asked the same question on my outdoor grow log and no one really answered how much they trim off.
Thanks @Meesh! Probably a super-duper trade secret… or lazy stoners just let’em be 
I’ll treat them almost the same way I treat mine indoor plants but less aggressively then. Defoliate as needed for bud sites, train for exposure, and once the buds are pea-sized strip her down some
I think so too. Good plan. Couldn’t hurt to give her more airflow. Def get rid of nonsense when she flowers, it just makes your life easier in the end. I do worry a bit more about pruning as disease can get in. Just clean your tools real well first. Me thinks! Like I really try not to yank on stuff. I make sure that I cut, but I’m sure you know all about this already lol
I guess I fit into the lazy stoner category. My whole deal with outdoor growing was to just leave it alone and let nature take of it. I would water during hot dry spells though. Only downside I ever saw with growing outside was with our having two giant breed dogs that would really piss me off later on in the year by starting to shed just as the buds were getting sticky. Nothing quite like picking dog hair and weed seed pods out of the buds come harvest time.
LOL I hear ya, we used to have a newfie, 180lbs of shedding machine.
Now we have a doodle, not a single hair anywhere
Sometimes lazy works just as well though, in which case saves effort - thanks for the input!
Pulling leaves can be beneficial or harmful depending on how and when it is done. Everybody will have slightly different methods and amounts they think is correct but I find the strain and style of growing has alot to do with it also. I try to let as much light in as possible while removing as little as possible. It is defiently good to have adequate air flow esp in areas where humidity is a issue towards the end of flowering. I can say that pulling leaves once they have turned yellow and keeping things clean is probably more important and something i see alot if people especialy with bigger gardens get behind on. Those yellow leaves block light, and at best dry out and make a mess and at worse create a perfect situation for PM and other molds and fungas to thrive. Those nasty things are natures way of breaking down the old leaves and there attracted to each other like magnets.
Timely subject! @Undead-Toker at what point did you set up the “trellis”? I’m wondering if it’s too late for me. 
staking will be a PITA but mine are out of control.
That’s not my grow @cannabissequoia but I think you have plenty of time to set something up. Still over a month before they’ll start to flo.
Back when I had to keep them hidden with a low profile, my prefered technique was folding and staking down the stalk in a circle. The branches would grow up into a dense cluster and finish behind the camoflauge.
Now, I prefer to let a seedling plant grow into a symmetrical tree. The branches that have gone horizontal maximize the light collection and THCA production.
