thinking about choping my fans?

danK4200

Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #1

so my lady is 3 weeks into flower. she has 6 fans that are bigger than my hand. they dont have bud and they are coming off the main stem. im just wondering if i chop these will more energy go to the bud formation?

 

HeadieNugz

Active Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #2

Not any more energy, quite the opposite.
how do you think it a plan catches all that light to photosynthesize and turn into food for itself?
Surface area is the name of the game, the more he better.
Think those itty bitty sugar leaves are doing anything for the plant?
Hell no, she gets most her nourishment off those fans.
However, later in flower cutting some higher up fans will give you more light to the lower down popcorn, and swell that up a bit.

 

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joe macclennan

Well-Known Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #3

leave them alone

 

danK4200

Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #4

its the inside im trying to get light to. there are plenty of fan leaves but these are blocking alot

 

hexthat

Well-Known Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #5

i chop off all the lower shit and just grow the big colas

 

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CHIHUAHUA

Active Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #6

I remove entire colas

 

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junior870

Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #7

^^^ lol this guy is the man!

 

gR33nDav3l0l

Well-Known Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #8

I chop 'em off the main stem, sometimes from some branches.
I also remove entire colas when dealing with sativas (space restrictions)

 

wvblazin

Well-Known Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #9

I cut off the lower branches on mine this year to help with air flow they're looking great. The only thing that I'm worried about is mold.. its been really humid this summer.

 

Urhighness88

Well-Known Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #10

Yea I would say leave then alone uunless your dealing with mold and it's a real bushy plant then I would say thin it out jus think of each leaf a solar panel for a city the more solar panels the more energy the more energy to grow in this case! But when your dealing with mold it changes a little bit that's how I look at it. Hope this helps

 

danK4200

Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #11

Urhighness88 said:

Yea I would say leave then alone uunless your dealing with mold and it's a real bushy plant then I would say thin it out jus think of each leaf a solar panel for a city the more solar panels the more energy the more energy to grow in this case! But when your dealing with mold it changes a little bit that's how I look at it. Hope this helps

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helps alot im this is my first outdoor/ more than one plant. so im really on the fence with every thing i have done so far

 

Urhighness88

Well-Known Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #12

It's my first ggrowth man it's a learning experience that's for sure

 

Mr.Marijuana420

Well-Known Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #13

take a look at this little chart, revert back to your 6th grade science classroom. Those leaves are far more of an asset to the plant, than they are a problem

 

danK4200

Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #14

thanks man like i said i was really on the fence.

 

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CHIHUAHUA

Active Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #15

A picture is worth a hundred posts.