Fan Leafs. Blockers of Light Or Energy Producers???

cutting leaves off, roots likewise- is akin to trimming off some of your own intestines. There are two of stunting your harvest will suffer. Extreme result would be that buds that suck -little trichs etc and or less buds. sorry dood

i disagree about the frostyness. my shit is frosty frosty. sticky, all that shit. that did not suffer at all.

I think its a fine line between a good (storage) leaf and a leaf that robs energy in one form or another. Knowing which ones and when is key to not stressing the girl to much when removing.

Lollipopping is a good example of controlled pruning that works surprisingly well.

Originally Posted by oHsiN666

im so pist i started this fucking thread. has anyone learned anything? i haven't... im starting all over from scratch! reading 1 book and 1 book only. this internet shit is misleading. and trying to follow every jack, dick and bobs ideologies is a fucking joke! sorry, bad past couple of weeks.

ill tell you everything theres really to know about fan leaves and exposure, they serve 2 purposes, to photosynthesize, and also as a secondary energy source. fan leaves that are in direct sunlight serving both, others that are not are only useful when late flower comes along. more branches means energy will be more divided, basically the exposed buds arent getting all the nutes they should be. so keep as many fan leaves, but eliminate useless branches, they're only taking from the bigger, more exposed ones. training them is a good way to get exposure to all of them, i recently started training my plants to grow around the rim of the pot to do this. thats all you really gotta know about fan leaves, branches, and proper exposure.

I want to jump in and try to get this on point.

I had an idea, when lollipopping why are the fan leaves taken off too? why not just take the bud sites off, leave the big fan leaves. My theory is that the fan leaves only take in energy to produce the flowers, and leaving more maximizes the light intake by the plant. But the removal of the bud sites down there means that the energy will be rediverted to the upper flowers.

idk. Ive been mulling this for a while

Originally Posted by Uncle Ben

Yes. Equatorial types (10*) are driven mainly by chronological age as opposed to northern lats (40*) which are driven mainly by phytochrome. The reference I made applies to the mutts you're buying, which is driven by phytochrome amounts.

nice, im in the midwest its a short season. I was helping a friend with one outdoor plant, I didnt want ruderalis, so I gave him an 8 week. its cutting it close.

Originally Posted by rocknratm

I want to jump in and try to get this on point.

I had an idea, when lollipopping why are the fan leaves taken off too? why not just take the bud sites off, leave the big fan leaves. My theory is that the fan leaves only take in energy to produce the flowers, and leaving more maximizes the light intake by the plant. But the removal of the bud sites down there means that the energy will be rediverted to the upper flowers.

idk. Ive been mulling this for a while

you got it right, couldnt have said it better. keep as many leaves as you can, remove insignificant bud sites to redirect energy/nutrients.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm

^What I was hoping people would look into after my first post.