Prune and/or defoliate?

[Duceduck]

Hi everyone,

Started this girl about 14 weeks ago. Got this (auto) seed from Growers Choice Seeds -Tangerine Dream. It is suppose to be an auto but never transitioned into flower. Before I went on vacation for 2 weeks, I switched her to 12/12 to induce flowering. She appeared to have transitioned and then move back to 18/6. I had a friend take care of her while I was away and came back to some issues. She was experience some deficiency and was also under watered here in there for about 2 weeks. When I got back, I started feeding nutes hence the burn as I thought she was a gonner. She bounced back but never continued to flower so I moved her back into 12/12. It's been about a week now and she's starting to flower so i'll keep her like this until she's done. She's stretching quite a bit now though and is thick with new growth.

When should I start to defoliate and/or prune some of the fan leaves? She's just too dense in the middle there so I'd like to defoliate to open her up some.

Temp - 75-78
RH - 55%
Light - Mars Hydro TS600 @ 12/12
2 Gallon fabric pot in HF

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

@Duceduck Most photoperiod plants will re-veg if the light schedule has less than ~12 hours of dark. so going back to 18/6 stopped flowering and started re-veg. Stick with 12/12 and she will finish eventually.

She might stretch some more so do not remove any leaves at this time. Then in mid to late flower if you need to remove some lower leaves for air-flow. You can and should remove some.

She looks overall hungry but that might just be the lighting in the picture?

 

[Duceduck]

@Duceduck Most photoperiod plants will re-veg if the light schedule has less than ~12 hours of dark. so going back to 18/6 stopped flowering and started re-veg. Stick with 12/12 and she will finish eventually.

She might stretch some more so do not remove any leaves at this time. Then in mid to late flower if you need to remove some lower leaves for air-flow. You can and should remove some.

She looks overall hungry but that might just be the lighting in the picture?

Thanks for the input, I was preparing to go in to clean her up but can wait it out. The grow light does brightens it up a lot but it did go through some issues. Normal light condition is a little better with more green but her next feeding is coming up tomorrow so still hoping that she remains healthy from here on out.