Rookie first grow outdoor autos uk, help and advice welcome

[PeaceLove&Buds]

I grow in coco and haven't used a drop of calmag in years now. Only for the initial buffering of the coco, but none during grows

Wow!! Is your water really hard?

 

[JP1]

Wow!! Is your water really hard?

50-60ppm out of the garden hose

 

[newblood87]

Back again for some more advice off you awesome people
1: is pre flower/early flower too late for removing lower branches?
2: should i be removing leaves that are yellowing/ browny like the ones in the pics or should i leave them be?

 

[newblood87]

Oh and just wondering whos poop this is? (i assume its poop)

And question number 4 are spiders friend or foe?

 

[JP1]

Those leaves always die off. Feel free to pluck them. Spiders are friends, spider mites are fuckers. Check the undersides of the leaves and the main stem

 

[newblood87]

Those leaves always die off. Feel free to pluck them. Spiders are friends, spider mites are fuckers. Check the undersides of the leaves and the main stem

Everyday im having a check for any bugs atleast once a day finding a few aphids nothing major i dont think my record is 5 on one plant but often none, finding 2 or 3 smaller bugs seem to be tucking in to where the little pre flower nugs were forming so i normally use a thin twig or my pen if im in my work clothes lol and disturbing them so the move out so i can get them, im yet to see a earwig but ive put vaseling on the base of the stem so they cant crawl up, and ive had a few beetle looking thinks now and again but not often, after the state off all the holes on some of the leafs im always looking hard, with the spiders i wasnt sure if it would be a problem if the shot web allover i know they will help with aphids n stuff but just wanted to check before i let them make my plants thier home

 

[JP1]

What do the leaves that are chewed up look like? Could be caterpillar shit

 

[newblood87]

What do the leaves that are chewed up look like? Could be caterpillar shit

Small ragged holes in the middle of the leaves on the newew leaves, aome of the yellowey older leaves look like theyve been eat from the edges but maybe thats were theyve just went brown and brittle and the wind has ripped bits off.. but some of the fairly newer leaves have a lot of brown spots in the middle which i think will end up looking the same as the ones that have been eaten in the middle of the leaves...

 

[newblood87]

Small ragged holes in the middle of the leaves on the newew leaves, aome of the yellowey older leaves look like theyve been eat from the edges but maybe thats were theyve just went brown and brittle and the wind has ripped bits off.. but some of the fairly newer leaves have a lot of brown spots in the middle which i think will end up looking the same as the ones that have been eaten in the middle of the leaves...View attachment 1751099

Thats a pic from the day of the original post but if you zoom in and see some parts are just brown and not holes, theres the odd newer leaves possibly a smaller newer one in that pic that has a lot of small brown spots that i think will end up with holes like the pic, 23:10 here now so il get more pics tommorow

 

[JP1]

My bet is caterpillars