Trimming off fan leaves during flowering?

[ANC]

.the fan leaves are actually semi transparent, so light does get past them

Not if you are running blurple... that is just one function of green light (the biggest component of white LEDs)...

 

[Hydrowannabe]

I trim mine without issue View attachment 4390194 View attachment 4390193

its so awesome to see the different techniques used. i will have to try trimming back a plant like this just as a a test,..who knows, i might like it. that looks like it would be a pain in the ass to harvest though

 

[Skoal]

its so awesome to see the different techniques used. i will have to try trimming back a plant like this just as a a test,..who knows, i might like it. that looks like it would be a pain in the ass to harvest though

Harvesting isn’t too hard. I cut each branch down. Wet trim it. Hang to dry for a few weeks and then I do a once over before I jar it to make sure I didn’t miss any spots. And let she real. Trimming and harvest is a bitch regardless haha. I did this method cause I have 4 big Sativas in a 3x3.

 

[getogrow]

I trim mine without issue View attachment 4390194 View attachment 4390193

id love to see that thing finish with out defoling. thats too far into flower to be stripping all the leaves at once. it might work but i cant see it helping as much as it hurts ?

 

[TintEastwood]

Definite Pros and Cons.

https://www.santyerbasi.com/en/blog/cannabis-defoliation/

 

[Growing24/7]

I have done an experiment with this.. Try it yourself, 2 of the same clones in the same conditions and keep the fan leaves on one, strip them on the other.

If your leaves are healthy and arent ready to easily pull off the plant then don't touch them!

Only time i'll defoliate them is to clear the bottom of my plant to allow more airflow and make watering easy

 

[CanadianJim]

I personally don't defoliate, especially outdoors. I pluck off yellowed leaves (when I grab them they usually pop right off) and I remove dead branches on the inside. I tuck fan leaves that are blocking budsites if I can. If not then I'll consider it first. If the leaf in question is at the base of a smaller branch that has leaves I'll cut it, if it's at the base of a budsite I don't as it's powering its growth.

 

[Psychonautic83]

Does tucking really do anything? Seems like they just move back where they want pretty quickly.

 

[Chunky Stool]

Does tucking really do anything? Seems like they just move back where they want pretty quickly.

That's how babies are made.


Wait... you said "Tucking".

Never mind.

 

[CanadianJim]

Does tucking really do anything? Seems like they just move back where they want pretty quickly.

Depends how much wind you get. And whether you're just moving the leaf or bending the petiole as well.

 

[Psychonautic83]

Depends how much wind you get. And whether you're just moving the leaf or bending the petiole as well.

Is super cropping fan leaves a thing?

Edit: I have decent wind movement but still have to take some fan leaves because when they stack sometimes develop standing water in between layers. Params on point.

 

[JimmiP]

Is super cropping fan leaves a thing?

Edit: I have decent wind movement but still have to take some fan leaves because when they stack sometimes develop standing water in between layers. Params on point.

It seems to work the same way. At least that has been my observation. When there is a large leaf blocking bud sites, I give them a good kink or two. Then the leaf stays out of the way longer. Sometimes they will pop back up though. A lot of the time the bud site, where that bent leaf is, starts to grow faster than the one on either side. If I think the leaf is getting in the way too much, or if I think it will trap to much moisture on other buds I will remove it.

 

[JimmiP]

Picture to go with my last post. Notice the linked leaf stem in the middle. Its bud is almost twice the size of its neighbors.

 

[JimmiP]

Darn auto correct ^ kinked not linked.

 

[Whistlepig]

I’m newish to growing cannabis, first growing in 1970s when seeds were a plenty in every bag.

So my lone plant Sativa/?, pot in outdoor soil, I topped and trained was having issues of spots on leaves. Looked as if a wet fan leave rested on another. Watering daily temp 75-90 and high humidity. Dew at night. Removed the fans every where and cleaned interior. Probably overwatering at that time but hey.
Spots did not return.

Later in August12 week 3? of flowering I get worms. Having cleared so much foliage helped identify and treat the worms and caterpillars, albeit late response. But late August massive drought and heat really made me think the plant could use more foliage and shade to the roots. Unbearably hot. Next year I’ll moderate in prep for the month long drought.