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===Defoilating===
Simply the process of removing access leaves. If there are too many leaves the humidity can become too high and also fan leaves that do not create buds can shade other branches that will bear buds. Take care to not prune when the plant is a few weeks into flowering as this will negatively impact yield.
===Lolliopping===
Stripping all small buds and leaves from a branch except those at the top of the canopy, so that the branch resembles a lollipop. The idea is that the plant will spend more resources on the cola at the top of the stem as less is wasted on small "popcorn" buds that will not yield much as they are in the shade of the canopy. This technique is more suited to photo flowering strains as they have more time to recover from the process. Alternatively smaller buds can be left on the plant to grow larger after the main colas are harvested and then removed in a second pass
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