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happyhooligan

Active Member

• Jul 14, 2008

• #1

does cutting fan leaves, around new branch sites, at the beggining of flowering, inc yield?

 

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theloadeddragon

Well-Known Member

• Jul 14, 2008

• #2

looks a little butchered... not if you cut too much off!! it just allows for the flow of fluids/nutes to other parts of the plant faster, after its done healing the wound...

 

happyhooligan

Active Member

• Jul 14, 2008

• #3

its fine actually. I'm tight for space plus it can't get too tall so i i'm growing a bonsi kind of plant, about a 2 ft tall, i decided to experiment on one branch

 

theloadeddragon

Well-Known Member

• Jul 14, 2008

• #4

less is more my friend....

 

happyhooligan

Active Member

• Jul 14, 2008

• #5

Thank you, that is exactly what i was thinking. The less fan leaves, the more energy directed into producing branch, (and in turn) bud sites.

 

theloadeddragon

Well-Known Member

• Jul 18, 2008

• #6

yeppers... though they do the most work in photosynthesis, and you may want to remember that!

 

darknezz

Well-Known Member

• Jul 18, 2008

• #7

Yeah... I took off fan leaves on my first plants. I'll never do that again. Think about it, what absorbs most of the light... The large fan leaves, thats what their for. IMHO its not a good idea to take off healthy leave above the top half of the plant. However completely cutting of the bottom 1/3 of a plant will help allot. That is called lolipopping. Just take off lower leaves and ones that start to turn yellow espesially near end of flowering.

This is just what I think though , as well as everyone I know that grows.
If your gonna take leaves off use moderation.

Again just my opinion, everyone has their own methods and you gotta find yours.

btw you start lolipopping once when they are young in veg, then trim out more if needed a week before flowing.

 

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happyhooligan

Active Member

• Jul 19, 2008

• #8

thx for the advice darknezz

i'll post some pics soon and update on how things are going

any other adivice?

 

happyhooligan

Active Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #9

ha ha "thebloateddragon"

 

ilivefree

Active Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #10

hmmmm... jorges bible says don't do this; the leaves act as a solar panel to take energy in from the light, so you're actually decreasing the density of your yield by doing this. leave the fan leaves on and let her do her thing... au natural.

 

born2grow

New Member

• Jul 29, 2008

• #11

ilivefree said:

hmmmm... jorges bible says don't do this; the leaves act as a solar panel to take energy in from the light, so you're actually decreasing the density of your yield by doing this. leave the fan leaves on and let her do her thing... au natural.

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Right you are.....+rep for you!

 

happyhooligan

Active Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #12

then how do you explain the countless cases you see and read about on RIU were growers claim to have a larger yield because of cutting back fan leaves?

 

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korvette1977

Well-Known Member

• Jul 30, 2008

• #13

happyhooligan said:

then how do you explain the countless cases you see and read about on RIU were growers claim to have a larger yield because of cutting back fan leaves?

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If you take them off your slowing down the plant, if you MUST take them off then you do so rt next to the main stem.. The fan leaves collect the rays that in turn let your plant grow . I have trimmed some in the later stages of flowering to allow light to get to the lower buds, If you take off too many you can SHOCK the plant and set you back 2 weeks .

 

ilivefree

Active Member

• Jul 31, 2008

• #14

if you really want to add to the yield, then bend instead... it redistributes growth hormones, doesn't distrub by causing major healing (as cutting would), and lets you get light in to lower branches.