Bad to remove fan leaves a week before harvest?

noncents · Feb 24, 2009

I'm 7 weeks today into flower white widow and have been flushing my hydro tanks for a week now with plain water. Would it be bad to remove all the larger fan leave at this point to maximize light to lower buds and force the plant to drain itself of whats left in the rest of leaves?

greenfirekilla420 · Feb 24, 2009

I mean you can if you really want to but really its not gonna do that much difference this late in the game ya know. If you would've trimmed the big leaves that were covering bud spots earlier than ya. As for now you can do what you like you can't really mess her up to bad this stage of the game ya know? Got any pics?

noncents · Feb 24, 2009

No pics sorry
But thanks for the advice

DeweyKox · Feb 25, 2009

I say yes. I did and mine got mold where I cut the plant. Must have had some drainage and created it. Its a lesson I learned today! It took out about 30% of my cola!

Xan2 · Feb 25, 2009

Remove them anyway, let the last bit of energy get into the buds.

sandmonkey · Feb 25, 2009

Xan2 said:
Remove them anyway, let the last bit of energy get into the buds.

and where do you think that energy is coming from?

it's stored in the leaves. Hence towards the end of its life, the leaves will naturally yellow and die off.

Plucking them off is depriving the buds of all that stored energy.

MrBaker · Feb 25, 2009

Leave the leaves. They will fall off when they are ready. The leaves are needed to make the plant "run". Leaves are the "out" door for water transport, and its where energy molecules are synthesized (not stored, mostly. Carbs are stored in fruits, and sometimes roots).

It should be noted that when leaves turn yellow naturally, the plant is sucking back in all the chemicals and stuff it needs from the leaf before it discards that structure. In cannabis' case, those chems and nutrients that got pulled from the leaf went into the bud. In trees, it just sorta helps the tree live through the winter.

DRGreyMind · Feb 25, 2009

leave the leaves, like someone has already said, the leaves are the part of the plant that absorbs the energy from the light.

South Texas · Feb 25, 2009

Taking fan leaves, topping, etc. causes stress..... BS. If you have healthy soil, and just take a coupe every 3 or 4 days, the plant will get the more sun & increase bud size & weight. Mother Nature uses Grass Hoppers to do the fan leaf removal. I start taking fan leaves when plant is 1 ft' tall. I have no problem.

mannurse801 · Feb 25, 2009

Leave the leaves.... As one metioned, he got "mold" where he cut... possible a bacterial infection.... Leave the Leaves..

South Texas · Feb 25, 2009

What does leaving the leaves have to do with mold? Nothing. He just said he cut off molded shit to save the plant, because his nutes & climates was wrong, which has jack to do with removing fan leaves. Yes, max the light by taking leaves, & top the tips. Make tea out of whole ground corn meal, & that will kill mold, but you still need a healthy growing climate.

mannurse801 · Feb 25, 2009

By cutting the leaves, you are exposing sensitive flesh which is prone to disease. The fan leaves provide energy to the plant to maximize bud production... To take them off, you are taking away the energy stores that are used by the buds in later life.... They die off for a reason... the plant is using up the last bit of energy in them, and when it is done with them, they will fall off. By letting them falloff, you are ensuring that the stem won't have an open wound as it is ready to come off. To do it prematurely, you are wounding the plant, putting it at risk for infection of many types...

Mash30 · Nov 25, 2015

Ive just trimmed mine so will tell u in a week or two.

EastCoastGenetics420 · Nov 25, 2015

I pull off all the leaves 3 days before harvest. to make for easier trimming. and to allow them to heal before I chop as u don't want that hay smell. but tahts just me

chuck estevez · Nov 25, 2015

Bugeye · Nov 25, 2015

I heard the leaves are full of toxins and poisons. You got to cut them out like a cancer before the toxins go to the buds. For sure. If not, your bud will smoke like cyanide and you will die, alone.

woody333333 · Nov 25, 2015

EastCoastGenetics420 said:
I pull off all the leaves 3 days before harvest. to make for easier trimming. and to allow them to heal before I chop as u don't want that hay smell. but tahts just me

I hate the hay smell.... Thanks for the tip

ttystikk · Nov 25, 2015

noncents said:
I'm 7 weeks today into flower white widow and have been flushing my hydro tanks for a week now with plain water. Would it be bad to remove all the larger fan leave at this point to maximize light to lower buds and force the plant to drain itself of whats left in the rest of leaves?

Shoulda done it in week 6

bird mcbride · Nov 25, 2015

Hang 'em upside down for five or six years and everything should be peachy

SPLFreak808 · Nov 25, 2015

How are you guys pulling all those leaves a week before harvest? Wouldn't that set your harvest back another week?

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