is it worth it?
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MrStickyScissors
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yeah you prob. dont know shit about growing at all. what you think hes going to get 2 to three zips off a plant with all the fan leaves cut off. that plant isnt that big in the first place . I grow for a living. live in a 4 bed room house by myself. yeah i havnt grown much lol your crazy as hell. gud luck with getting your hopes up OP aim for 2 to 3 ounces no problem lol
welshsmoker
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grown plants both ways mate, very little difference when it comes to harvest,,
WickedPagan
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Fan leaves are for development of grow shoots and serve little purpose in flowering. Removing the fan leaves 1-2 weeks into flowering will not dampen the yield. The removal of fan leaves also directs more of the plants energy up into other parts of the plant (like the cola.) Their sole purpose is to feed the branches and the leaves on the branches feed the buds. Trimming or removing fan leaves can provide a greater yield as more energy is being put into bud production instead of wasting energy trying to spread out and grow more. It would make sense to focus more on bud production than plant production after you switch over to flowering.
MrStickyScissors
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sumone please jump in... cutting all the fan leaves off your plant wont effect your yield if you do it 2 weeks into flowering?
WickedPagan
Active Member
It's not that hard to see why trimming/removing fan leaves can be helpful during flowering if you understand anything about the plant and how it grows. I can't speak for everyone but I didn't say cutting "all" fan leaves off but for sure the ones that block a lot of light near the bottom and middle of the plant and I leave the ones on near the top. What I have done was remove them gradually over time leaving the ones on at the top.
I know everyone likes to say they want to grow it as it was intended to grow in nature, well nature also intended it to be pollinated to reproduce tons of seeds. When it naturally grows wild in nature it's not tweaked into producing huge resin coated buds as when pollinated the bud size and potency is drastically reduced. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of trimming if it's done properly you can utilize the plants energy a lot easier.
Sources:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/2389.html*
http://www.1stmarijuanagrowerspage.com/do-marijuana-fan-leaves-get-trimmed.html
http://www.marijuanatipster.com/tiki-index.php?page=Should Marijuana Leaves Be Trimmed?
http://www.stonerforums.com/lounge/growfaq/1546.html