Help with Fat Bananna Auto

How much time to you guys think i have left?
Also should i start removing those fan leaves, googling defoliating autos is confusing with a lot of people saying not too.

Fat Bananna Auto
Week 11
Hydro RDWC


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They look great. I see no reason to change anything. I would only remove leaves that die out.
I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but…
I personally think you have at least another month to go. Once all those pistols turn red, start checking the trichomes.

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Excellent looking FB, I would remove any of those lower leaves that are blocking the light. Don’t worry about the over all grow time of 11 weeks, it’s the weeks in flower and would guestimate 10 weeks of true flowering for harvest. Always check the trichomes, it’s not uncommon to see a plant go 12 weeks :love_you_gesture:

I just did a 6 week clean up

After

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I’m doing an experiment right now with clones of the original in the same tent and three weeks apart in flower . Original was heavily defoliated and is now over 50 days in flower doing well , clones are completely untouched except for training and removal of a few leaves that were leaning against the walls . There seems to be no problems nor is there any marked difference in size or growth . However , some strains require defoliation . I was thinking that the heavy defoliation caused stretching to stop abruptly but that isn’t observed in the undefoliated clones as they stopped stretching abruptly as well . A genetic trait of this unknown phenotype . Photos forthcoming after the original is harvested in a few days , trichomes permitting . Peace .