Should i cut my fan leaves?

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John12

John12

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To cut or not to cut? The reason im askin is because some of the bud sites is shaded from my fan leaves. I was told not to cut. Also.....Seabird Guano 1-10-1... how much shud i add to my soil in a 3 gal pot? Help is greatly appreciated! Ps..Here's some pix of my 2 girls abt 2 1/2 wks into flowerin(from when sex was shown)
 

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clift709

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No don't cut them!!! Never cut your leaves unless they are already near dead or are constricting air flow from underneath. They power your plant as well as store nutrients, cutting them will only bring down your harvest, I promise you!
 
canefan

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Japan is correct, you have already received advice on not cutting them so I guess the only other way is for you to do it. The fan leaves in simple terms, the engine which drives your plant. The leaves around the bud are not efficient enough nor big enough to power your plants buds. Your buds are first going to draw energy needs provided by the big fan leaves, then as the flowers are reaching the end of their cycle shed the fan leaves and finish.
I wish you the best of luck and please tell us the results you find.
 
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clift709

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To be more specific, each fan leaf is the power plant for that node. So if you cut a huge fan leaf from the stem, all growth stemming from that node will suffer.
 
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Japanfreak

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John12 said:
I really dont wanna mess em up at all. Does any1 have experience on this matter?
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I have experience with it. I wouldn't tell you to do something if I thought it would screw up your plants. Last time I did it as a test everybody told me it would ruin my yield....same yield I always get but nobody can tell you what will happen to your plants that's why I suggest you try it. That won't stop people who have never done it from saying something like "leafs are like solar power plants..." or what ever gem of info they want to repeat.
 
REALSTYLES

REALSTYLES

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Don't touch them they are just into flowering the plants need those eaves right now the only leaves that should be pulled right now would be the ones that are yellow.
 
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Japanfreak

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clift709 said:
Not a botany student I take it?
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If you have experience with it then by all means share. I have cut every fan leaf off of a plant and it yielded just as good as one with all of it's fan leaves. I bet you would never think that even possible. Not everything is in books, experience can't be replaced.
 
John12

John12

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LOL! Thanks for the intense debate everyone. FINAL JUDGEMENT!...cut all fan leaves OFF!!!!

jp. They're gonna be left on till they fall off. Makes perfect sense now. +rep for all
 
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This is a pic of a plants which had almost all of their fan leafs removed during the grow. According to people who don't have experience and just repeat shit they've heard this shouldn't be possible.
 
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Japanfreak

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John12 said:
LOL! Thanks for the intense debate everyone. FINAL JUDGEMENT!...cut all fan leaves OFF!!!!

jp. They're gonna be left on till they fall off. Makes perfect sense now. +rep for all
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It does? Too bad you gave up the chance to learn something yourself in favor of hearsay from strangers, yup you're well on your way to being a pot board pro.
 
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