Mocahontas
Member
This is only my second time growing. For the most part I'm doing pretty good but I don't know what to do about the dying fan leaves. Can I just pull them off or do I need to trim them at a 45 degree angle?
Trimming dead leaves, can I just pull them off?
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Moebius
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If you can pull them off easily and get our fingers to the stem, then pull them. ... otherwise a pair of long nose shears/scissors will do.
Theres a technique behind 'snapping' the fan leaf off, you'll pick it up in 5 minutes.
edit:
I misread - I thought you were at harvest.
Theres a technique behind 'snapping' the fan leaf off, you'll pick it up in 5 minutes.
edit:
I misread - I thought you were at harvest.
Mocahontas
Member
Sorry about that, I didn't specify. I'm in my second week of flowering.
Mocahontas
Member
If they don't pull away easily should I leave them?
Bakatare666
Well-Known Member
Why "Dead leaves"?
Pics would help us to let you know if they are "dead" or eligible for removable, but ya, if you give a light flick downwards on it and it falls off, then it is pretty much useless, but if there is any resistance, then leave it.
AZPsyclops
Well-Known Member
I have a perpetual grow and don't even worry about the dead fans; too many plants. Mine just fall off into the buckets and are collected during room clean.
If they are dead they should almost fall off; like Bakatare666 said, slight downward pressure will take a really dead leaf right off.
If they are dead they should almost fall off; like Bakatare666 said, slight downward pressure will take a really dead leaf right off.
killachris
New Member
just leave them, the plants using them as food
roseypeach
Well-Known Member
I had some ragged fan leaves from the hail damage. They were yellowing and turning brown and I worried they might spread their problem so I just pinched them off with my fingernails. Probably not necessary but I felt better aftwards
