listen up dead leaves have no value to the plant so remove them, the plants always evolve for the better not for the worse their fore you want the leaves on because they are their in the first place. bud does not preform photosythesis, leaves do. fdd2blk has the right answer let nature take course

ya agreed man

ya agreed man 1

Cool. Answered my questions.

well, here goes my first comment on this web site.
fan leaves huh?... well, i guess i would have to say the plant knows what it is doing and to leave the leaves alone but if you have been training or topping or manipulating the plant, then maybe you need to adapt the mechanism of the plant that has developed the production of "fan" leaves.(as we have named them)

i don't think the plant's genetic plan at birth can adapt fast enough to the manipulation we force on it with topping and s.c.r.o.g. and multiple light sources and tying it down to train it to grow low.

so i guess i am saying carefully 'consider' cropping fan leaves if you actively manipulate your grow... and maybe leave be the plants that are growing the way they have been since before we where here.

(i want to thank everyone that has written anything on this web site because i have enjoyed and learned a great deal by reading)

because the buds are green they contain chlorophyll, and hence photosynthesize. the fan leaves are bigger and have more surface area, therefore they are better respirators and photo synthesizers. trust the plant, it knows what its doing. if it's growing fan leaves, its for a reason.

i've never heard one experienced grower say to pulll leaves.

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I cut all the buds off and let the leaves grow lol who needs bud anyway

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So trimming like half of the leaves should be best

hehe

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