LST FAN LEAVES

Hello- when should I start removing the fan leaves? I move them out of the way so they don't block the new growth but they just end up back there Naturally. Should I at least cut the ones laying on the soil $

I would leave them for the moment, your plants need them still at this stage

Jimmy Dickskin said:

Hello- when should I start removing the fan leaves? I move them out of the way so they don't block the new growth but they just end up back there Naturally. Should I at least cut the ones laying on the soil $

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Wtf is going on here haha training fan leaves

Up your phosphorus first. Early deficiency. Remove them when yellowing or nee growth at nodes shades them out.

Arnski5000 said:

Wtf is going on here haha training fan leaves

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Haha No I was trying to keep them from blocking the sunlight to the new growth. that's why I was asking if I should cut them off.

LST is great, though as far as light goes, your plant is not big enough to worry about needing to thin things out. Not even close. Fan leaves are important. Leave them when you can. Don’t be in a hurry to trim. Less is more. You can kill or stunt a plant pretty easily with good intention. Good luck!

edited to add: try tucking fan leaves rather than tying or cutting them.

Jimmy Dickskin said:

Haha No I was trying to keep them from blocking the sunlight to the new growth. that's why I was asking if I should cut them off.

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Just let it be untill it's bit bigger I see a lot of people on here trying way too hard. It's called weed because it is just that and will pretty much grow on its own

No use chasing every node plant will be too thin to support it all.implement a few tops as well

Just for reference. I removed the sun leaves from this little guy about a week ago

Jimmy Dickskin said:

Hello- when should I start removing the fan leaves? I move them out of the way so they don't block the new growth but they just end up back there Naturally. Should I at least cut the ones laying on the soil $

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Think of it like this. Your first two little leaves at germination are like two pennies and then you get your first one finger true serrated leaves. That's like two pennies turning into four pennies. Then you get your first three finger leaves. That's like four pennies turning into eight pennies. Eight turns into 1616 to 32, 32 to 64, 64 to 128. The plant is just multiplying it's ability to photosynthesize. You remove leaves when their aren't enough u slow down the power supply of the plant. Also, things don't need to get direct light to get power from photosynthesis the plant shares Its energy that the canopy collects. just by moving the leaves around and letting those lower branches get light. Sometimes they will start looking for it and trying to get around the leaves to get to the light.

sessybudfarmer said:

Just for reference. I removed the sun leaves from this little guy about a week ago

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I would not have trimmed leaves from a plant that small. There’s dimly no reason to. I would transplant as soon as possible. That plant must be root bound by now, and limited space for roots to stretch will slow growth significantly.

DeadHeadX said:

I would not have trimmed leaves from a plant that small. There’s dimly no reason to. I would transplant as soon as possible. That plant must be root bound by now, and limited space for roots to stretch will slow growth significantly.

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I don't disagree with what your saying, but I wanted to grow one in a cup, but I used a soda bottle with a wick in it. Yes it will be small, that was my intended purpose. But, I want to see for myself what the buds will do.
Leaves continued to produce once the fan leaves were trimmed off. Its currently budding.

If we don't experiment, how do we learn

edit: I forgot to add that when this plant was a seedling, it had the tap root cut off (accidentally) and it still came back to life.