Pics of my ladies , need some advice cause there getting bushy & big fan leaves

[aug181983]

short stuff automatic himalaya blue diesel
FFOF / 30% Perlite - 1.5Gal -
Water Only " Will be feeding on next watering "
25days old
400W HPS
24/7 light -- plan to switch to 20/4 since there budding --
Temp 78 - 50% humidity -

Some of my girls are getting bushy , some are getting tall and some have some big fan leaves. Id like to know some tricks on what I can do with these fan leaves blocking light from the buds since they started budding couple days ago. The ones that are bushy have alot of leaves as you can see in pic #1-3

I just want to know what I can do ... For example pinch one of them or bend or ?????



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Thanks

Mike

 

[darkdestruction420]

fan leaves do not stop all the energy, they absorb about 15% and the rest keeps going. Fan leaves also are more effecient than smaller leaves on the bud sites/growth points, the bigger the leaf the better it gets at making and storing energy to put into the new growth to get it to get nice and big so it gets better at making energy and eventually surpasses the fan leaf and grows past it into the light itself.

 

[aug181983]

fan leaves do not stop all the energy, they absorb about 15% and the rest keeps going. Fan leaves also are more effecient than smaller leaves on the bud sites/growth points, the bigger the leaf the better it gets at making and storing energy to put into that new growth to get it to get nice and big.

Thanks for chiming in .. I do know about the big leaves being alot of energy for the plant / Buds and will start to come off when plant starts budding more. But some of these leaves are taking light from my other girls . I keep moving the girls around so none of them fan leaves block there light. What if I were to tie the leaves up or downward just enough to keep light coming in on the buds and from stealing light from the other girls ?????

 

[ThePants]

lots of leaf means lots of bud, dont worry about it. if you want direct light to budsites you can tuck leaves around, under, just dont cut them.

 

[aug181983]

lots of leaf means lots of bud, dont worry about it. if you want direct light to budsites you can tuck leaves around, under, just dont cut them.

Cool thats the info I needed. Im a Noob and still learning and reading here everyday. I got 12 ladies and they all seem real happy

Thanks

 

[darkdestruction420]

sure, you can tie them if u want. thats perfectly fine.