My watermelon auto is 35 days old its the first plant i every grew and I don't know why .but it's still so short to the ground I have a 3 gallon pot, can I remove some of the leaves covering the bud site or will it stunt the plant even more
You could do, no problem, but I'd wait until you see which are going to be the dominant shoots
Looks like you have the ideal 6-8
Rather a short plant than a stretcher, looks good