Cutting Fan Leaves? A Mythbuster style experiment...

IXOYE

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Cool Beans!!!

No shit Ixoye - Hats off to you.. Much respect. Ummmm I gotta make a comment about your post "I have two bushy lil b*tches, their foliage is so thick...."!!! Or should i leave that one alone! :lol:

Hey it's harvest time
.:weed:bongsmilie And i guess it because of DICK comments like the last one that dick Pure... made :oops: that you don't announce your a chick :D

OK OK my bad. It was funny though, before I knew you were a chick. My mates and i were laughin our asses off. Kinda blows the entire high knowing your a chick. But totally cool in another lightkiss-ass.

So weren't there supposed to be some pics of the experiment posted?? Or did I miss it?? :)

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Pure...
It's true though, they are 2 lil bushy b@tches, haha. Pun was entirely intended! Congrats on the harvest time. I'll be posting while high too when that time rolls around for me! Cheers!
 

Canibitual

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interesting to note... My buddy's vegging under a 1000w MH bulb...

He pulled every fan leaf off his plant... it looked bare as F,....

3-5 days later, you can't even tell that he removed anything... all the small leaves filled right back in and grew some new fan leaves again... it actually looks like he'll end up with more leaves, but they'll be just a little smaller without any giant ones takeing up all the space... which should let light down further into the plants... it did look like it slowed the plant down for about a week while it was regrowing the leaves... but should still be ready to flower at week 3 or 4. it should be intresting to see how it turns out...
 

Canibitual

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I also played a game with an LA confidential plant... as it grew from a clone, I removed every fan leave it grew on top immediately when I saw them. as I took them off, it would immediately grow a new top by the next day... I did this untill it got about 10 inches tall with a very small single colum with no fan leaves (looked funny as it had almost no node spaceing between layers)... then I left it alone to see if it would just start filling in on top... it didn't, it actually grew new fan leaves all the way down, and is spaced out very nice before it would continue to grow upwards again, should be interesting too...
 

del66666

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you can remove all the leaves if you want and new ones will grow and take over as fans just like a regen but you are just taking longer to complete the grow so whats the point.
 

Pure

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you can remove all the leaves if you want and new ones will grow and take over as fans just like a regen but you are just taking longer to complete the grow so whats the point.
Yeah i'd have to agree with the trend here. (Even though I'm interested int he experiment outcome) But my main plant which is still in flowering gets to a point where clipping the fan leaves actually have a negative effect, in that the plant just regens the leaves, and more of them. I didn't notice before seeing as I was clipping every 2 days any large fan. But After being away a week I came back to see that there were more fans growing, than what i actually clipped. So i'll stick with only light trimming of strategic fans. (only those blocking other buds)

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Pure...
 

Pure

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It's true though, they are 2 lil bushy b@tches, haha. Pun was entirely intended! Congrats on the harvest time. I'll be posting while high too when that time rolls around for me! Cheers!
Umm you know Ixoye, I'm pretty good with clippers... :-P

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Pure...
 

del66666

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Yeah i'd have to agree with the trend here. (Even though I'm interested int he experiment outcome) But my main plant which is still in flowering gets to a point where clipping the fan leaves actually have a negative effect, in that the plant just regens the leaves, and more of them. I didn't notice before seeing as I was clipping every 2 days any large fan. But After being away a week I came back to see that there were more fans growing, than what i actually clipped. So i'll stick with only light trimming of strategic fans. (only those blocking other buds)

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Pure...
guess all good if you are into long veg, i just wack things straight on 12-12 from seed and get them in flower at 21/2 weeks, not to many leaves to worry about trimming lol
 

Pure

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guess all good if you are into long veg, i just wack things straight on 12-12 from seed and get them in flower at 21/2 weeks, not to many leaves to worry about trimming lol
you don't experience regen of the Fans? Sorry dude, maybe I didn't getcha... You said you take your seedlings straight to 12/12? I guess you use the stretch as the veg period? Or you just put them in flower and let them regulate their need for vegetation?

i'm interested in that technique if so. i might even try that on the LSD if it sounds viable and if it would be possible for the plant to sustain a good heavy harvest without having enough foilage for photosynthesis? But maybe the plant will regulate that itself, given all other conditions are proper...

Or maybe you didn't mean any of what I said :)

Sorry dude, harvest period :weed::bigjoint:

:peace:
Pure...
 

del66666

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ive done regen, got some pics in 1 of my albums, ive also grown a plant and removed all the leaves and let new ones grow, only do 12-12 from seed now and been getting 6-14 oz wet per plant.
 

Serapis

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Ed Rosenthal, Closet Cultivator. A great book for indoor beginners... Low and behold, there is a section on pruning. He encourages the removal of anything not at the canopy at about week two of flowering, and any fan leaves up top that block bud sites.... I also follow this practice and I get good results. There comes a time when the plant will not regenerate plucked leaves and cut off growth and will focus on bud production.
 

blower

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Use two plants same genetics, both use same nutes same foliar
LST and fim both plants
Next the control will be healthy one which you just LSt
Other will be the one for defoliation trim the shit out of it until flowering. See which one has best high and taste
 

Pullin' weeds

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OK - So we're about 1/2 way through. and here are the photos. I've numbered the top 6 colas on each side. These plants typically start to pack on weight in this and the upcoming cycle - another week or 2. I think any differences will be magnified during this period. Overall the plant seems healthy. No outward signs of stress - no 3 lobe leaves, no wilting or curling, no signs of burn.

On the untrimmed side, #1 and 3 look pretty good. #2 and 6 get shaded pretty bad. 4 & 5 are OK, but they're kinda low and outside, so they don't get great light.
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On the trimmed side, there is less of a difference between them all. 3, 4 & 5 are a bit bunched together, but the trimming has helped them all get good light.
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RawBudzski

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WOOO i wanna watch but IMHO anyone who CUTS OFF FAN LEAVES never tried LST nor has ever used a Twistie tie thingy. You can LITERALLY BEND A FAN LEAF 180 DEGREES BACKWARDS... Before IMAG0065.jpgAfterView attachment 1414352AND YOU SHOULD SEE THEM NOW !!! BUT REALLY. NO CUT.. TIE AWAY. i hold no mercy, Water them.. then tie... On 1 plant Every Fan leaf is tied. EVERY. and it makes the branches coming from the fan leaves pop out faster.
 

drgreentm

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OK - So we're about 1/2 way through. and here are the photos. I've numbered the top 6 colas on each side. These plants typically start to pack on weight in this and the upcoming cycle - another week or 2. I think any differences will be magnified during this period. Overall the plant seems healthy. No outward signs of stress - no 3 lobe leaves, no wilting or curling, no signs of burn.

On the untrimmed side, #1 and 3 look pretty good. #2 and 6 get shaded pretty bad. 4 & 5 are OK, but they're kinda low and outside, so they don't get great light.
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On the trimmed side, there is less of a difference between them all. 3, 4 & 5 are a bit bunched together, but the trimming has helped them all get good light.
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looking good bro they both look pretty good the trimmed ones dont look bad at all buds still look nice and chunky lol
 

Serapis

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Use two plants same genetics, both use same nutes same foliar
LST and fim both plants
Next the control will be healthy one which you just LSt
Other will be the one for defoliation trim the shit out of it until flowering. See which one has best high and taste
How is a plant that is LST'ed be a 'control' plant? A control plant is one that you don't do anything to but feed, water and supply light to, as with your subjects. You can't alter a plant's growth using a technique like LST and call it a control group. That is as unscientific as you can get. lol
 

Barrelhse

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Well like my last avatar used to read "I ain't no dude."
So some of your best friends must be straight chicks :)
I was tired of all the girl t 'n a - so I decided to put up a hot boy for us chicks hanging out here at riu.
LOL IXOYE- too funny
 
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