cutting off branches, week 6 of flowering?

[kidpokes]

Hey i am looking to cut off lower branches, in week 6 of 12 of flowering, is this advised, will plant take nicely to this? dont want wasted energy to lower branches

[Bush Dr]

Should have done it before but now will be ok

Thin out the lower canopy to stop all the popcorn buds forming, saves time trimming too

[Snake]

It's a Puppet! no not a puppet.... I mean a Weed, once it's established they are pretty hard to kill. remove a few leaves, half a leaf at a time over a few days remove more and more. doing it over a few days will minimise the shock to your plants. can you twist them around the pots or bend'em?

[sloshyjam]

thats cool cos its something i been thinking about doing.

how do you mean half a leaf ata time?

is it just the fan leaves you chop off?

[Tetra]

I've heard there is risk of hermafroditism if plants are stressed in bloom. I never dared to do that cutting in bloom, though it's tempting.

[crazyfool*]

hermaphroditism occurs when you stress the plant (mostly light stress) although I can´t garantee 100% i´m preety sure you can take those branches off with a sterlized blade, and it should all be fine, and you´ll get an early test drive as well =)

ps: my sativas respond verry well to cuttings