Is it ok to remove leaves?

A few of my ladies are very thick with growth (pics) and I was wondering if it is ok to start removing some leaves so the bud can receive light lower down the plant? They are almost in week 5 out of 9 in flowering..

Opinions vary on this one, personally I do not prune any healthy leaves off of my plants.Later on in flower I give the yellow and dying leaves a light tug and if they come off I throw them away. You can tuck some of the big fan leaves out of the way of some of the side kolas.

luckymeh said:

A few of my ladies are very thick with growth (pics) and I was wondering if it is ok to start removing some leaves so the bud can receive light lower down the plant? They are almost in week 5 out of 9 in flowering..

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You should not remove fan leaves they are the engine that makes the buds grow

Great looking plant by the way! Good job

I have a post in my calling all noob growers thread explaining the truth about shade leaves, if your interested (page 4 or 5 I think)

here is a direct link to the post
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/316301-calling-all-noob-growers-5.html#post4018843

enjoy

im with riddle me on this one.. i have a herijuana plant in flowering and i had a few leaves blocking some bud sites, so i just carefully bent the leaves out of the way of the budsites and kinda tucked it behind another branch.. it was kinda funny as last night when i turned my plant some, the leaf became untucked from where i had put it about two or three weeks ago, and yet it didn't just bounce back to where it was but rather just kinda was trained in the position that i wanted it in.. pretty cool stuff in my book..
gl with the grow, looks great.. good work..

I agree I wouldn't cut anything healthy. From experience i learned it slowed my plant down big time. Although its my first grow. I cut a bunch and its taking a while to bounce back but it its starting to look great to me.

GreenGame said:

Opinions vary on this one, personally I do not prune any healthy leaves off of my plants.Later on in flower I give the yellow and dying leaves a light tug and if they come off I throw them away. You can tuck some of the big fan leaves out of the way of some of the side kolas.

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That is what I have done so far, moving leaves behind other and using the fan leaves to push the stems outwards towards the light. I have been removing the yellow weak leaves but a few large fan leaves low down had gone yellow and dried up so I hope this is ok?

riddleme said:

You should not remove fan leaves they are the engine that makes the buds grow

Great looking plant by the way! Good job

I have a post in my calling all noob growers thread explaining the truth about shade leaves, if your interested (page 4 or 5 I think)

here is a direct link to the post
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/316301-calling-all-noob-growers-5.html#post4018843

enjoy

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A friend told me that the bud development on the stems needed light and to remove any leaves getting in the way hence why I raised the question, but leaving them on even if they are blocking the bud is better as the light received in those leaves will go into the bud production anyway?

I have included a pic of my Alaskan Ice - she is huge in height compared to my other ladies and has that beautiful Haze smell! She is standing next to a large desk chair and is around 5ft 5"!

There are also some pics of the colas up close - AI = Alaskan Ice, CH = Chrystal, KK = King's Kush - check my grow journal too

luckymeh said:

That is what I have done so far, moving leaves behind other and using the fan leaves to push the stems outwards towards the light. I have been removing the yellow weak leaves but a few large fan leaves low down had gone yellow and dried up so I hope this is ok?



A friend told me that the bud development on the stems needed light and to remove any leaves getting in the way hence why I raised the question, but leaving them on even if they are blocking the bud is better as the light received in those leaves will go into the bud production anyway?

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that is correct.

I run chrystal last grow very nice bud gud luck

Looking really nice! I also agree with riddleme, if the plant didn't need those leaves, it would get rid of them itself. Adversely, removing a very small amount is ok... some people do like to smoke on a bit of leaf during growing, or will take a bit as a cutting. I wouldn't do either of those at this point anyway, I say leave it alone!