Remove yellowing leaves during flowering?????

just wondering if i should remove the dried up yellow leaves during flowering. i'm 54 days in and 60% of the plants have yellowing or yellowed leaves now.

just tug down on them? if they come of then ok if not leave them?

I remove all the real bad leaves. The plant uses energy to try to keep those leaves alive and I like to let the plant focus its energy elswhere at that sage of the grow.

I agree with mambo but only if there is no green and if they are dry and dead

I always remove them, for purposes like Mambo stated. And it really doesn't harm the plants, though the thought of getting your... arm chopped off doesn't sound pretty kosher. But I know dude who don't an their plants still grow absolutely fine.

I remove the leaves when they are 70% yellow...why waste energy on trying to save leave that your not going to use.

right on thanks for all the replies guys. i'll remove as i have been.

I heard the plant does not use energy on that leaf. It sucks the nutrients out of it tell it dies and the wound seals. pluck the leaf after it has got all of that nutrients out of it. I have never heard a scientist say a plant uses nutrients on a dieing leaf that it itself is killing on purpose.

Ive been tempted to pull some off of mine, however I feel if more force than that of a stiff wind is needed to remove it then it just aint ready. whilst there is still moisture in the leaf/stem there is goodness been moved to more vital areas. tho that said sometimes i just thought fcuk it that just looks rough an tidy up..coz there is the light blocking factor with these dying leaves too. peace

dont remove a thing. the plant will shed what she doesnt need when she is good and ready. you only cause unneccasary stress by removing and cutting what isnt ready to go yet. when its dead. it will drop. period exclamation point

oh and naa man when they turn yellow and start to shrivel its because the plant is draining it of energy..actually giving the plant a nute boost..natural process init..the plant wont waste energy trying to save a leaf it has desided to kill off!! its quite important to let this process run its course..

so if you end up with no fan leaves left after say 5/6 weeks is that the end of bud growth? i just think like some others here if i add (n) say that should keep the leaves and inturn grow more bud?
any feed back would be nice big fan leaves turned light yellow to early 4 weeks, and i would like to know is the bud growth related to the fan leaves staying healthy??? cheers.

Answered ur own question at the end of ur post.

My growers' bible says that you only pull off yellow leaves when they
are more than half dead. Sounds efficient to me.

BigSteve.

mambokabui said:

I remove all the real bad leaves. The plant uses energy to try to keep those leaves alive and I like to let the plant focus its energy elswhere at that sage of the grow.

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Those leaves are also life blood of plant that act as corrector of feeding Process plants.Not enough sugar they eat from leaves. Nitrogen in leaves. Sign of good plants. Long as the yellow not to fast.they let u C that disease is coming they attack your weak fans leafs first. Instead of or critical last of vegging.

yes, but leave the good green ones. Pluck once yellow, brown.