darkdestruction420
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dont get me wrong guys, im not saying stressing a plant to hell is good, but in small doses it can be advantageous, thicker stems are good at transporting what your plant needs to where it needs it.
correct......no maaaan-the plant itself absorbes food 4 that dieing leaf!!!so it is wiser to leave them on cas the plant will use them and as in nature, when it dont need it any more, it will dropp of by itself.
dont get me wrong guys, im not saying stressing a plant to hell is good, but in small doses it can be advantageous, thicker stems are good at transporting what your plant needs to where it needs it.
I can't figure out if you really think this is how plants behave, or if you're pretending it's "opposite day" today.correct......
LUDA.
either way is not going to have that much affect on your plant, but they are still in veg so i would leave it on to fall off naturally...in general, if there is more than 50% damage to a leaf you should remove it...notice i said "damage"...damage is from bugs or disease or some stress....it is normal for leaves to yellow off and die naturally and i just let those drop when they feel like it
Sunlight is a plant's main source of "food". Other nutrients are absorbed from the roots.
A dead leaf isn't going to "feed" your plant any more than pinning marshmallows onto the stems would.
I can't figure out if you really think this is how plants behave, or if you're pretending it's "opposite day" today.
Either way, you guys are both wrong. Go read a book about plants, or ask any old lady in your neighborhood who gardens.
Leaving the dead leaves on generally shouldn't cause any problems, but it definitely does not nourish the plant by any stretch of the imagination.
You guys are so funny.
Stress isn't good for a plant, eh? How about LST'ing then? You know, low STRESS training? What about supercropping?
In the case of dead or dying leaves, it's not a bad idea to go ahead and trim them off. If a plant has dying leaves, it's already stressed (not to mention that it's spending most of it's energy trying to repair the damaged leaves instead of new growth). Trimming the leaves will not stress the plant any more than it already is, and it could help by redirecting the plant's energy to new growth instead of healing itself.
Yes, the leaves will eventually die and fall off on their own. Letting dead leaves stay on the plant generally won't hurt the plant, but if the leaves start to decay on the plant there could be problems.
i want to know if i prune the half burnt leaves would this stress my plant?
Jorge wasn't referring to leaving damaged leaves alone. He was specifically talking about removing healthy leaves, in order to allow more light to penetrate lower bud sites. The OP asked whether or not to remove the half-dead leaves, not healthy foliage.From the Growers Bible by Jorge Cervantes:
Leave leaves alone! Removal of healthy leave hacks up a healthy plant. Removing large or shade leaves DOES NOT make plants more productive. This practice DOES NOT supply more light to smaller leaves and growing tips. Plants need all their leaves to produce the maximum amount of chlorophyll and food. Removing leaves slows chlorophyll production, stresses the plant, and stunts its growth. Stress is a growth inhibitor. Remove only dead leaves or leaves that are more than 50 percent damaged.