My ladies are a little over two weeks into flowering. The branches have gotten stiff so I’ve stopped lst. I’ll still bend branches for light, space, etc when needed, but lst is basically over. It’s a bit annoying trying to water the coco evenly through all the branches and pipe cleaners. There are ten or more pipe cleaners on some of them. So my question is when is it okay to remove the tie downs? Will the plants hold the shape I’ve molded them into if I do remove them? I know I can always put the ties back on, but who wants to do extra work?
Wow, time gets away from me. They’re a little over three weeks into flowering…
Yes it is, but completely free one branch and make sure it stays where you trained it to be. If it stays, then off they all come.
I have all the ropes off of mine long before harvest.
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Thank you. I’ll give it a go when lights come back on. Moving a funnel around while pouring a styrofoam cup of water at a time through it is getting old. Plus I’m worried that the pipe cleaners will somehow get in the way of bud growth.
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Well especially since they are fuzzy, plus the interior metal can rust. Anything fuzzy will stick to the buds (I’m shooting a dirty look at my dog right about now).
Good luck!
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My cats I hear ya on the fuzzy budz 
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