Should you cut off fan leaves during flower( a simple poll just yea or no please)

I have read long threads on why. And they all make sense. With so many opinions on the subject would just like to see who do and who don’t. Trim fan leaves Also add how long you been growing and if you trim in flower or veg
Thanks

I tuck my fan leaves under with zero problems. You have to remember what the leaves do for the plants.

I only remove select leafs in veg/early/mid flower but I'll eventually remove the lower stuff later in the grow.
Edit... 1st seeds mid 80s, growing seriously late 90s to present with a couple of breaks along the way.

Leaves need light to function, light hitting the soil/ground is wasted. Do as you will.

I take lowers off in veg, any in bad shape or covering growth l want to promote, trim branches too. Strip bottom 2 thirds late veg as in high rh area. Pm sucks. I sculpt my plants and lst hard. No topping. If leaves all healthy and good growth occuring l will leave them alone. So both! Less in flower than veg. First seed popped 38 years ago. As Creature said you need full canopy.

I think it really depends on how thick your plant is, but yes.

Defoliation makes perfect sense if you have no clue about botany. It's 100% bro science. Ask the defoliators for some evidence that it improves your Cannabis crop in any way. Nope, all you get is "my bro defoliates and he grows fire."

No I don't schwazz but I strip the lowers pretty good. I probably defoliate more in veg tho to train plants bc in veg fan leaves always grow back

Observe & Report said:

Defoliation makes perfect sense if you have no clue about botany. It's 100% bro science. Ask the defoliators for some evidence that it improves your Cannabis crop in any way. Nope, all you get is "my bro defoliates and he grows fire."

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Ive had adverse reactions defol at wrong time. Stunted growth by topping too late too. This season l will trim all bud sites but top 3 to concentrate growth to tips. I defol still. Genetics determine if fire.

when i had 1,2,3 or 4 plants in a tent i'd experiment with stuff..meh whatever floats ur boat...now i don't really remove leaves unless it looked at me funny as i was walking by.

Leaves grow plants.

2 month veg so far

No

THIS^^^

yes the dead and dying ones every night

osowhom said:

yes the dead and dying ones every night

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Based on ?

osowhom said:

yes the dead and dying ones every night

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You should be asking yourself why you have dead leaves every night?

I defoliate the hell out of my flowering plants, and have great results. I find it funny that people keep bringing up "the plant needs leaves to grow" when there is tons of proof that it works at least as well as not defoliating. The plants need fan leaves to grow the plant, not the buds. That's why defoliating in veg is pointless.

lusidghost said:

I defoliate the hell out of my flowering plants, and have great results. I find it funny that people keep bringing up "the plant needs leaves to grow" when there is tons of proof that it works at least as well as not defoliating. The plants need fan leaves to grow the plant, not the buds. That's why defoliating in veg is pointless.

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I mean you’d have even greater results if you didn’t

just sayin

By the time I get to flowering I've already removed most of the leaves and weak twigs that I intend on removing...but if during flowering I notice a large fan leaf shading a bud underneath i snip it and expose that bud to more intense light...I can't help myself...and I've seen buds that would've been airy larfy kief sifting material tighten up and become jar worthy doing so

bk78 said:

I mean you’d have even greater results if you didn’t

just sayin

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I've left them completely alone more than one cycle, along with defoliating different amounts from light to super heavy. The harder I've gone the better results I've had. I don't have a problem with people leaving their plants alone, but claiming that it hinders them just doesn't jive with real world results.