Removing Fan Leaves During Flower? Are you serious?

Not to the buckets.. I was using that as an example as to how thick the canopy gets when you are cranking watts and feeding the shit out of the girls... It is not a good idea to get light on the buckets as it can raise temps in the buckets to causing algae to grow (DWC)... I ...just trim the top large fan leaves to allow light to get down into the "popcorn" so it hardens up, otherwise that shit goes in the trim bucket because it is not worth the time and money to clean it up... I am no near an expert as many of these guys are on the board and canopy control is very important so you dont have to trim the leaves... If I had a wharehouse where there was plenty of room around the plants I would not touch them, there would be no need, but I like to try different strains and am not always sure at what time to flip.... and sometimes I flip a little late and thats when it gets crowded and I have to trim leaves....

All fan leaves hellz na but if they r big as shady leaves covering everything beneith then either tuck it under another leaf or cut it off but not alot just the BIG ASS ONES..I would also think about clipping most leaves off a few days 4-5 before harvest...JMO

Trim all sucker growth and dying leaves, I tried Uncle Ben all natural BS, LOL!

letting a plant grow wild will fuck your yield, it just gives you bullshit popcorn bud.

Plus trimming branches and many leaves gives your plant needed ventilation.

Don't go trim crazy just every small branch off the main stalk just before flower.

one word "pinning". if the leaves are in your way move, not remove them. As I studied this very question I gathered that you shouldn't remove them until they are no longer viable! that was the word from not only this website but others as well. I don't remove them and everyone wants to know how I get buds so big. I could only imagine how big they would be if I took off all the fan leaves, lol..

donutpunch-to be fair when youve got a really dense bushy plant it can be helpful to remove some foliage for better air circulation but why take off the big fan leaves as they are the most effecient and productive parts of the plants? and here is something you probably didnt know(dont mean it in a rude way or anything)-Leaves are not as solid as they look, only about 15% of the light that hits a leaf is used and 85% goes on to the next one and so on and so on, so you are very minimally increasing the amount of light the area that the big main most effecient fan leaves are covering. you only hurt yourself removing those leaves, the plant grows them there for a reason. i know where you are coming from on the super thick canopy part but why sacrifice the great shit for the popcorn? cut that popcorn shit off dude and leave the main buds and leaves alone.

167673_153605658021309_100001156267727_271282_2068736_n.jpgYou are looking down at a plant LSTed in a 5 gal pot. The pot itself measures 18 inch across. The plant, over 32 across.
By opening up the plant v.s. trimming it I am able to keep all of the needed fan leaves and get light to the lower bud sites which changes them from popcorn to nugs.


168590_153885467993328_100001156267727_273110_7208009_n.jpgTo the left you can see what the same plant looks like towards the end of flower after I've released the tie downs.. The light the lower leaves absorb is just as beneficial to the tops as it is to the lower part of the plant.
Sure it takes a little more space for each plant, but it more then makes up for it in weight.

Here is the same plant a week before harvest, you can see the lower branches produced nice size nugs and very little popcorn..
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Originally Posted by Buddy Ganga

167673_153605658021309_100001156267727_271282_2068736_n.jpgYou are looking down at a plant LSTed in a 5 gal pot. The pot itself measures 18 inch across. The plant, over 32 across.
By opening up the plant v.s. trimming it I am able to keep all of the needed fan leaves and get light to the lower bud sites which changes them from popcorn to nugs.


168590_153885467993328_100001156267727_273110_7208009_n.jpgTo the left you can see what the same plant looks like towards the end of flower after I've released the tie downs.. The light the lower leaves absorb is just as beneficial to the tops as it is to the lower part of the plant.
Sure it takes a little more space for each plant, but it more then makes up for it in weight.

Agreed, Buddy. No need to do a hatchet job on the plant when it can just as easily be trained to accomplish the same effect.