trim fan leaves or leave?

macsmoke24

macsmoke24

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hi all, i have a real bushy plant 5 weeks in to flower,the plant is called aftershock,white widow x calafornia orange,i have been chatting on this site,some people say don't trim,some say trim fan leaves off,i just want to hear your opinions tnx.
 
djlifeline

djlifeline

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Aslong as you can get enough light to all leafs then dont trim. More leave, more food production, more bud! In theory...
 
Southern.IL.Buds

Southern.IL.Buds

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I can tell you from experience that it is the worst thing to do to a flowering plant. The fan leaves are the main factories in your plant that make fat, dense buds. I burned the fan leaves off of the middle of a main cola on one of my plants(accident of course cfls), and the budsites where the fan leaves were damaged were considerably smaller, exposing a half inch of stem, on an otherwise extremely dense bud. Its not rocket science, just tie your branches down, and maximize your light source. Super cropping can be used to achieve the same effect.
 
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purfict

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Personal preference not to trim. Fan leaves can provide your plant and buds the necessary energy they need to grow, not only through photosynthesis. If your plant isnt receiving adequate nutrients from the soil to produce quality flowers, the fan leaves act as a back up plan and provide the flowers with the necessary energy.
IMO, bud sites dont need light, only the leaves need the light to produce sugars for the plant and buds. Chlorophyll (s) are the molecules that enable the photosynthetic reaction to occur, and they reflect green wavelengths giving plants their colour. My flowers are not green and are mostly white with a little amber and brown (at 5 weeks) and thus leads me to believe that the buding site does not contain the chlorophyll molecules. Just my two cents; correct me if im wrong...

nice lady btw... looking good
 
macsmoke24

macsmoke24

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purfict said:
Personal preference not to trim. Fan leaves can provide your plant and buds the necessary energy they need to grow, not only through photosynthesis. If your plant isnt receiving adequate nutrients from the soil to produce quality flowers, the fan leaves act as a back up plan and provide the flowers with the necessary energy.
IMO, bud sites dont need light, only the leaves need the light to produce sugars for the plant and buds. Chlorophyll (s) are the molecules that enable the photosynthetic reaction to occur, and they reflect green wavelengths giving plants their colour. My flowers are not green and are mostly white with a little amber and brown (at 5 weeks) and thus leads me to believe that the buding site does not contain the chlorophyll molecules. Just my two cents; correct me if im wrong...

nice lady btw... looking good
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thanks purfict,did not realise fan leafs could work as back up,i forgot to say this is my first grow, so still learning everyday.
 
Southern.IL.Buds

Southern.IL.Buds

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Preference? If your preference is low yields try it. Seriously, trim the fan leaves off of one cola, and watch how spindly it grows... It won't fill out properly.
Your girl is beautiful
 
macsmoke24

macsmoke24

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Southern.IL.Buds said:
Preference? If your preference is low yields try it. Seriously, trim the fan leaves off of one cola, and watch how spindly it grows... It won't fill out properly.
Your girl is beautiful
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lol southern, i want fat buds not spindly,so thanks for the advice and good comments,think i will be leaving my fan leaves just as they are,thanks again.:lol:
 
macsmoke24

macsmoke24

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droch123 said:
nice that looks so healthy and bomb
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thanks it has allways looked great to me,but nice to get feed back from fellow growers,i was wondering allso as it is a cross from a white widdow do you think it would be better to let it flower a week or so longer say 9 to 10 weeks for that extra thc build up.
 
Southern.IL.Buds

Southern.IL.Buds

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They look like they have a while, check out the harvesting and curing thread. Watch for your leaves to yellow and most likely die off, check your trichomes, and be sure to flush!

Good luck
 
DaveCoulier

DaveCoulier

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purfict said:
Personal preference not to trim. Fan leaves can provide your plant and buds the necessary energy they need to grow, not only through photosynthesis. If your plant isnt receiving adequate nutrients from the soil to produce quality flowers, the fan leaves act as a back up plan and provide the flowers with the necessary energy.
IMO, bud sites dont need light, only the leaves need the light to produce sugars for the plant and buds. Chlorophyll (s) are the molecules that enable the photosynthetic reaction to occur, and they reflect green wavelengths giving plants their colour. My flowers are not green and are mostly white with a little amber and brown (at 5 weeks) and thus leads me to believe that the buding site does not contain the chlorophyll molecules. Just my two cents; correct me if im wrong...

nice lady btw... looking good
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MJ floral clusters, aka buds do contain chlorophyll. Maybe you are referring to pistils, but the calyxes are green unless you have a purple plant or whatnot.

With regards to cutting fan leaves off, its beyond retarded. Heres a great link that discusses how plants flower from top to bottom. For anyone that doesn't want to read it, apical dominance & levels of auxins controls flowering for our beloved plants. Removing fan leaves will not make your lower buds grow faster or bulk up or any of that other nonsense people tell you.

http://algorithmicbotany.org/FSPM07/Individual/10.pdf
 
macsmoke24

macsmoke24

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DaveCoulier said:
MJ floral clusters, aka buds do contain chlorophyll. Maybe you are referring to pistils, but the calyxes are green unless you have a purple plant or whatnot.

With regards to cutting fan leaves off, its beyond retarded. Heres a great link that discusses how plants flower from top to bottom. For anyone that doesn't want to read it, apical dominance & levels of auxins controls flowering for our beloved plants. Removing fan leaves will not make your lower buds grow faster or bulk up or any of that other nonsense people tell you.

http://algorithmicbotany.org/FSPM07/Individual/10.pdf
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thanks good link
 
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