i never trim or prune any of my outdoor plants. i just let them do their thing and their leaves were beautiful and perfectly healthy. a friend came over all excited to trim the fan leaves and redirect the plant energy, and for some reason i did it and immediately regretted it deeply. what will happen? will they grow back? im so sorry i really regret it. bummed. is their anyone who ever made this same stupid mistake? can i still have a haarvest at all. i determined they were all girls andblahthats all.
trimmed nearly every fan leaf....
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honkeytown
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it will be okay...i have done that before and I think it helped the particular plant I did it to. 
ThunderLips
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well im sure you shocked the hell outta them, but there should be no reason to want to redirect plant energy since theyre outdoor they grow larger anyway and very very well. I would use this as a learning experience, as I chopped the main stalks of my outdoor down almost a foot because they were getting too tall for my yard, they have re-topped themselves and are doing fine after 2 weeks.
ThunderLips
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Oh I can tell you 100% that it will be stunted... But I will bet you money that it will bounce back.
They are survivors, the term "weed" had to come from somewhere... and if its not because of that, they sure grow like weeds...
They are survivors, the term "weed" had to come from somewhere... and if its not because of that, they sure grow like weeds...
bmarley043
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so i made the same mitake on my first grow. i was super blazed, and trimmed a couple dying leaves, then just didnt stop! still got a harvest but it really slowed down the growth of the buds and in the end i ended up with about 3/4 to and oz after drying. it was indoor w a 400 w hortilux bulb. i just finished smoking that kind, and although it might have stunted growth, the bud wsa still fucking amazing. one hitter quitter and it was just bagseed/ sp take what you can from that
honkeytown
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I am still too lazt to look up these pics for you but I am gonna do it...and mine were inside...dont worry.hope the pics give you a little peace of mind
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thanks all. thanks for the pics too. nice. still you show way more fan leaf than i have, hopefully extra love will help the girls recover. and yes this will be a learning experience.. i will let yall know how it goes either way.
my posts are for entertainment purposes only. any similiarities to real life pot cultivation is purely coincidental.
my posts are for entertainment purposes only. any similiarities to real life pot cultivation is purely coincidental.
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Sunnysideup
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I did the same thing on my first grow.
It did bounce back and I did get a decent yield. I just always wondered if my yield would have been doubled if I didn't do it...I am sure it would of.
These are outdoor plants, depending on where you are you should have another 2 months or so before harvest. They should bounce back enough to make you happy.
Don't worry, it happens to the best of us.
It did bounce back and I did get a decent yield. I just always wondered if my yield would have been doubled if I didn't do it...I am sure it would of.
These are outdoor plants, depending on where you are you should have another 2 months or so before harvest. They should bounce back enough to make you happy.
Don't worry, it happens to the best of us.
medgrower49
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that sucks, if you cut all the fan leaves off I can't imagine that the plant is going to yield much of anything. The fan leaves are the biggest factories of the plants without those it has lost a great deal of its energy producing capabilities. Not to say it will die or not yield anything just severely less than it other wise wood have. sorry.
misshestermoffitt
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The purpose of the fan leaves is to catch the sun for the process of photosynthisis. If the plant didn't need those leaves it wouldn't have grown them in the first place.
Next time either don't tell your friend you are growing, or if he comes up with wise ideas tell him to put them into practice on his own plants. Oh he doesn't have any plants, is that because he cut all the leaves off and they died?
I'm sorry you were a victim of peer pressure, next time just say no......
Next time either don't tell your friend you are growing, or if he comes up with wise ideas tell him to put them into practice on his own plants. Oh he doesn't have any plants, is that because he cut all the leaves off and they died?
I'm sorry you were a victim of peer pressure, next time just say no......
Quebec Big Dog
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So Imbummin, What happened to your plants ?I just did the same thing, but at each nobe I left a set of fan leaves !!!
BigBudBalls
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I only cut off non productive leaves.
If its green and healthy (and shadowed area below is healthy) keep it!
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If its green and healthy (and shadowed area below is healthy) keep it!
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