FAN LEAVES???WHY???x
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Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
Simply,
during VEG and Flowering, those large fan leaves are sort of like solar collectors, or solar panels, used for the process of PHOTOSYNTHSIS, turning Sun's Light into Energy and food, to grow.
A few growers foolishly remove them, just to see them grow right back.
during VEG and Flowering, those large fan leaves are sort of like solar collectors, or solar panels, used for the process of PHOTOSYNTHSIS, turning Sun's Light into Energy and food, to grow.
A few growers foolishly remove them, just to see them grow right back.
LiEBE420
Well-Known Member
simply well put
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
Don't ever remove fan leaves before harvest for several reasons.
1. The fan leaves MAKE AND STORE energy for the plant. The fan leaves are doing a process called photosynthsis, and it is the most important part or task or job the plant does, to make it grow.
If you remove a FAN leaf, the plant will stop growing taller until it can replace that removed fan leaf.
Removing a healthy fan leaf is a big waste of time..they are rapided replaced,, unless you are in the last few weeks of flowering.
2. Even if the fan leaves are yellowing in late bloom I do not remove them until they are almost ready to fall off. The yellowing in the fan leaves at late harvest is the plants metabolism at work. She is transferring all stored energy in the fan leaf to bud production. It is the easiest source of energy she has late in life.
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.
1. The fan leaves MAKE AND STORE energy for the plant. The fan leaves are doing a process called photosynthsis, and it is the most important part or task or job the plant does, to make it grow.
If you remove a FAN leaf, the plant will stop growing taller until it can replace that removed fan leaf.
Removing a healthy fan leaf is a big waste of time..they are rapided replaced,, unless you are in the last few weeks of flowering.
2. Even if the fan leaves are yellowing in late bloom I do not remove them until they are almost ready to fall off. The yellowing in the fan leaves at late harvest is the plants metabolism at work. She is transferring all stored energy in the fan leaf to bud production. It is the easiest source of energy she has late in life.
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.
sexpotleanne
Member
what about tying the leaves back to allow more light for the lower part of the plant?
Roseman
Elite Rolling Society
Good idea, I use plastic paperclips.
Mysticlown150
Well-Known Member
You get some of that delicious bud when you let those fan leaves fly for sure.
brick20
Well-Known Member
in what way with the paperclips? ROSE MAN
brick20
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man i been tucking away