is it a bad idea to cut fan leaves?
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riddleme
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VERY BAD, it is those leaves that make the bud, removing them is bud you'll never smoke
think of them as solar panels that store energy, that energy is what the plant uses to build buds
Blazed Hippie
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You should focus the energy on the top of the plant. You should have cut the leaves that were being shaded if you were gonna cut ne thing. Its ok more will grow.
motoracer110
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VERY BAD, it is those leaves that make the bud, removing them is bud you'll never smoke
think of them as solar panels that store energy, that energy is what the plant uses to build buds
very well said +REP riddleme
MrStickyScissors
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Never cut the fan leaves off unless they are really damaged by chemicle burn. it doesnt matter how much light hits your buds cause they dont photosynthesize near as much as those fan leaves
Engineer
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Bad idea- you live and you learn though... I decided to try this one out myself. I had two clones same strain same size. One of them I trimmed all the fans off the other I didn't touch. In the end, the plant that had the fans was twice as big and had twice the size buds compared to the trimmed plant.
riddleme
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No you shouldn't
folks like to use lollypoppin as an example but the whole idea there is to make smaller plants or srog where you remove the leaves under the cage/fence it works cause you build a full and structured canopy that allows for more bud in a smaller area, both are methods that work but still do not yield as much as a plant left to do it's thing as nature intended
in the end it's all about how you want to grow and what you want in the end
fan leaves make the plant grow it's that simple
The only reason I will remove any fan leaves is for air circulation...to prevent mold. Typically it is on the lower branches because as you said they are "solar panels" and solar panels that are shaded don't really collect all that much energy anyway.
The more fan leaves the more food the plant has available.
The more fan leaves the more food the plant has available.
riddleme
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not true either, plants don't SEE shade, the proper spectrums of light that a plant uses are not anything we (humans) see and energy is passed thru the leaves
stand under a big tree and see if the leaves near your head are any less green and healthy than the ones on top? if leaves in shade did not do thier job they would not be there the plant would drop them
and those are the only leaves you should remove the ones the plant is done with and drops
this is why I tell new growers the importance of a light meter so you can see these things for yourself
Blazed Hippie
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You are correct however if he was going prune happy he pruned the wrong part. Jorge Cervantes says DO NOT PRUNE unless you have to and if you have to do it more than a month before flowering.
riddleme
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Here is what I would do, put it back in veg for another 4 weeks then flip back to flower and you'll be fineoooo...im like 2 weeks into flowering....
but it just became female last friday so no bud has started to form yet...is that okay...so pretty much im not gonna yield more now...
or just let it finish and start a new one having learned from your experience
Blazed Hippie
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its gonnna be 1-2 grams less or something dont start over it could stress them
pdotb
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yea i heard switching between flowering and veg is not the best idea...thats just what i heard i have never done it before so i would have no prior knowledge so i have no idea...i think i am just gonna go through with it and see what happens...ive just been growing it kinda out of fun and then i just go all caught up in it, its pretty sick and exciting...so ima go through with and now just know to NEVER EVER do that again...thanks again to everyone for their help
