Removing loads of shade leaves Dont

[Guest Field_of_Light]

I am in the unfortunate postion of having black flies in such abundance on my plants that I used a hydro store bought chemical to kill them and save my plants. The problem?

 

I had to double dose the plants and the second dose basically wiped 70% of the upper shade leaves from the plants. This in effect robbed me of some glorious buds by hindering the growth of the plant and producing buds 50% smaller than what they would normally be.

 

I guess the rule of thumb applies here...everything in moderation...

 

In general I like to trim a very small percentage of the planys to allow light to filter down...this usually accounts for about 5-10% of the total shade leaves and Ive never had a problem.

 

Unfortunately my plants look like nagasaki did after the bomb....everything with the exception of some scrawny buds is desolate......

[sols]

g'day; never use pesticide while lights are on, only use just before lights off or before lights on, HPS/MH can burn plant leaf if pesticide used when lights on.

[Guest Field_of_Light]

Thanks.....add that to the growing book of things not to do......and boy there is a lot of them......always learning!!!!