sun leafs

[toofast4u]

i earlier started a post asking about sun leaves and was redirected to the litature on the site and it does make sense to me but i ve been doing this along time and tried both ways with equall results so this time around i have did a experiment i have 18 plants under 3000 wattts hps the first six i trimmed tons off sun leaves right before i put into bud the second set of 6 i trimmed half as much sun leaves and took all ther bottoms off and the third set of 6 i left all natural i am now in 4 th week of bud and they are all looking pretty equal

 

[projectinfo]

nice thanks for the expiriment... i kinda figured ..... iuno the aucilllary leaves around the buds must do something for the buds...im not sure 100% plant anotomy lol but i would figure sunleaves would be for vegg strength . building the plant up, and growing the roots... everything but the buds basically , and the aux leaVES around the buds would feed buds right ? iuno please no one come in on a flying rant to coreect everyone on lfie ,,, i know i set myself up by forming an opinion but please if someone could clear things up..... would be cool dude

 

[toofast4u]

i earlier started a post asking about sun leaves and was redirected to the litature on the site and it does make sense to me but i ve been doing this along time and tried both ways with equall results so this time around i have did a experiment i have 18 plants under 3000 wattts hps the first six i trimmed tons off sun leaves right before i put into bud the second set of 6 i trimmed half as much sun leaves and took all ther bottoms off and the third set of 6 i left all natural i am now in 4 th week of bud and they are all looking pretty equal

does anyone else have a opinion on this senereo or have experimented please let me no

 

[toofast4u]

does anyone else have a opinion on this senereo or have experimented please let me no

i would love to post pics for you guys to see for your selfs just not to sure how or if i want to

 

[toofast4u]

the ones that i trimmed like crzy you can barely tell they have filled back in and are now again pretty bushy

 

[projectinfo]

yeah man take some pics for to www.imageshack.us and go to multiploder and get all the top links of each one itl habe IMG in it for image , and post them right in ur reply and theyl come up as pcitures

 

[SlikWiLL13]

the ones that i trimmed like crzy you can barely tell they have filled back in and are now again pretty bushy

just imagine if that plant could have been spending that energy making buds...

you get points for expermenting, but this shit has been done decades ago. the leaves are the solar power facilities of your plant, the flowers are the power storage sites. remove the power plants and theres less storage needed.

i trim the undergrowth simply because the light isnt very strong underneath the canopy and this concentrates the plants efforts at the canopy. but leaves shading top buds wont negatively effect the bud.

 

[projectinfo]

yeah i just ripoff yellow leaves and dried ones to prevent infestations and funguses and bad stuff

 

[toofast4u]

i no its been tested befor then how do you explain the buds are all roughly all th same size ??????????????????????? i no the big leves are what feed the flower but may be they can only feed so much and the rest are overkill and by taking some off your allowing light and enery to be spread around the overall plant????????????????????????

 

[SlikWiLL13]

i no its been tested befor then how do you explain the buds are all roughly all th same size ??????????????????????? i no the big leves are what feed the flower but may be they can only feed so much and the rest are overkill and by taking some off your allowing light and enery to be spread around the overall plant????????????????????????

welcome to RIU by the way.

i dont know all the circumstances of your test and frankly, without pictures it just talk. but i do know what ive learned in botany classes and what ive learned growing for ten years. and i know that trimming perfectly healthy leaves has a negative effect on the plants overall health and performance.

 

[Woomeister]

welcome to RIU by the way.

i dont know all the circumstances of your test and frankly, without pictures it just talk. but i do know what ive learned in botany classes and what ive learned growing for ten years. and i know that trimming perfectly healthy leaves has a negative effect on the plants overall health and performance.

I have grown for 18 years and have always trimmed fan leaves, I also have a degree in Botany and horticulture and can quite frankly tell you that it has no detrimental effect on the vigour and health of the plant.

 

[SlikWiLL13]

I have grown for 18 years and have always trimmed fan leaves, I also have a degree in Botany and horticulture and can quite frankly tell you that it has no detrimental effect on the vigour and health of the plant.

perfectly healthy fan leaves from your canopy? you really dont think this has a negative effect on yield?

i trim out all my undergrowth prior to flowering but i definetly leave my canopy alone.

 

[projectinfo]

this is quite the intense botony/horticulture match man lol i always wanted to get into those feilds but what kind of jobs can you get with these degrees ?

 

[SlikWiLL13]

this is quite the intense botony/horticulture match man lol i always wanted to get into those feilds but what kind of jobs can you get with these degrees ?

no degrees here, just a few classes.

im sure theres plenty of different jobs you could get with those degrees though. couple them with a degree in chemistry or genetic research and you could be really valuable as an employee somwhere.

 

[toofast4u]

no degrees here, just a few classes.

im sure theres plenty of different jobs you could get with those degrees though. couple them with a degree in chemistry or genetic research and you could be really valuable as an employee somwhere.

lets stick to the topic here........ okso on one end guy growing for 10 years says deffentily not and other guy for 20 years says get rid of them?????????????wtf ?????????? that only tells me as what i already no that alot of people think they no everything AND THEY DONT does anyone eles have an opinion on this matter and yes i think i am going to get up the guts and post some pics by the way i am not here just to talk shit why would i lie about my experiment and wtf is RUI

 

[dirt clean]

i like the tucking of the leaves suggestion that always settles these debates.

lol, I see these once a week and the idea of tucking leaves behind each other will keep everyone happy.

 

[toofast4u]

if you tuck leaves then they wont get the light they are needing

 

[Woomeister]

lets stick to the topic here........ okso on one end guy growing for 10 years says deffentily not and other guy for 20 years says get rid of them?????????????wtf ?????????? that only tells me as what i already no that alot of people think they no everything AND THEY DONT does anyone eles have an opinion on this matter and yes i think i am going to get up the guts and post some pics by the way i am not here just to talk shit why would i lie about my experiment and wtf is RUI

I am not advocating getting rid of any leaves other than ones which are covering potential bud sites. As I train all my plants fairly agressively I find fan leaves end up in unnatural positions, covering whole branches that I have contorted to produce many buds sites. These are the fan leaves I remove.