removal of fan leaves

sniffmybuds

Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #1

hey guys just wondering if it is bad for or if you shouldn't remove those big fan leaves. I have four plants in veg and one towers over the rest and is really wide and bushy, and kinda blocking a little bit of light from the others, so should I remove a few of the lower really big ones and if so where should I cut? where the stem from the leaf meets the main stem or just cut where the stem reaches the actual leaf? help would be much appreciated. cheers guys happy toking

 

waterdawg

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #2

Is it possible to tie it down and get it out of the way? I do that with all of my grows near the end to allow lower light penetration. I do remove the odd leaf if necessary but sparingly.

 

budman111

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #3

sniffmybuds said:

hey guys just wondering if it is bad for or if you shouldn't remove those big fan leaves.

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Oh oh, here we go...

 

bass1014

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #4

does it hurt you if we cut a toe or a finger off?? the big leaves are just as important as every leave on the plant.. yes you can cut them and get away with it but in the long run the more you cut off your plant the longer it takes to re-heal and cuts from bud production or growth production witch in turns hurts bud production..but it's your plant to do what ever you want to..

 

PetFlora

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #5

I would not remove them when growing in anything other than my automated hydro system, where plants get fed ~ every 18 minutes. IMHO, my plants sense that they do not have to store anything. This allows me to remove them and get more light below

 

mr sunshine

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #6

No. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

waterdawg

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #7

PetFlora said:

I would not remove them when growing in anything other than my automated hydro system, where plants get fed ~ every 18 minutes. IMHO, my plants sense that they do not have to store anything. This allows me to remove them and get more light below

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I thought the sunleaves were there to gather light for photosynthesis not a storage container. Correct me if wrong and as previously stated i think if someone cut a part of me off i'd be kinda upset about it 😳.

 

RedCarpetMatches

Well-Known Member

• Sep 9, 2013

• #8

Cannabis is a hardy weed. Do it. Common sense tells you why cut off our "solar panels"!? Then in a week you'll see a ton of new growth and a lot more energy being spent on buds. I like to start snipping fan leaves after fifth node...any sooner and it seems to raise male rate in my experience. Then, every couple of weeks snip some more. They seem to build a pain tolerance and start recovering quicker. There's only one way to know for yourself...