triming the fan leaves

having moved on to my second batch in my first grow of plants (first were all males ). i have some rather tidy looking plants about 14 inchs high in my veg room
now what i,m wondering is there are some massive fan leaves which appear to be blocking a lot of the new growth. one of my friends says i should leave them well alone during veg other says trimming the odd fan leaf to encourage new growth is better - who,s right??

those big fan leaves are FEEDING the new growth. clip the leaves and growth will slow.

fdd2blk said:

those big fan leaves are FEEDING the new growth. clip the leaves and growth will slow.

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You can tuck the leaves aside, but do not clip them.

just tie the plant down

sweet cheers guys -i take it using some cotton thread tied loosely will be ok?

hi i had this prob, last grow an cut my leafs of an after that disided never 2 do it again but i started a new strain an its real bushy an was coverin the new groth in the center so i trimed the bottem 1/3 an took my clones then got in the center an cut any thing growin inward 2 wards the main steam leave evey thing thats grown out the ways, the bottem 1/3 was bold nearly i was in shock looked like i bucherd it but in 4-7 day u will c a big diffrence

I have a question.
I'm aware that the number of blades on fan leaves decreases as the plants progresses towards flowering however being only a couple of days past solstice I notice mine putting out 3 blade fan leaves already just in the last couple of days.
I am still going hard with vegetative fertilizer and not bloom yet trying to get as much out of the veg cycle as possible and I have not removed a single fan leaf yet.
Does this sound normal? I don't recall this happening so fast in the past.
I'm wondering if it is a characteristic of this particular strain or if any other factors come into play.
Any insight would be appreciated.