do cutting branches stress budding

GoldenGanja13

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Don't ever remove fan leaves before harvest for several reasons.

1. The fan leaves convert and store more energy for the plant than any other leaf. The more energy the plant generates the healthier the buds that is just millions of years of genetics at work.

2. Even if the fan leaves are yellowing in late bloom I do not remove them until they are almost ready to fall off. The yellowing in the fan leaves at late harvest is the plants metabolism at work. She is transferring all stored energy in the fan leaf to bud production. It is the easiest source of energy she has late in life. Once again millions of years of genetics can't be wrong or we wouldn't have weeds to grow now.

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Leave leaves alone! Removal of healthy leave hacks up a healthy plant. Removing large or shade leaves DOES NOT make plants more productive. This practice DOES NOT supply more light to smaller leaves and growing tips. Plants need all their leaves to produce the maximum amount of chlorophyll and food. Removing leaves slows chlorophyll production, stresses the plant, and stunts its growth. Stress is a growth inhibitor. Remove only dead leaves or leaves that are more than 50 perfect damages.
 

Xigmo

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well ur right i never cut fan leaves ever!

BUT this time things are different, this strain is super thick and bushy and i toped it wich made it so thick i have tops of middle branches turning yellow and curling under becuz the center of the plant (between the 4 main tops) is so thick with fan leaves

the foilage is so thick the leaves touch and overlap all over the place and water condensation form between leaves that touch

i just pulled um out to water and i cut off the lower 6 inches of popcorn buds and i choped the 2 branches that were growing out horazontaly becuz the canopy was so thick and i cut off 2 fan leaves from the core of the plant, (between the 4 tops but towards the bottom half) i did that to allow some air flow

the last thing i want is to loose this all to mold

but ya i got about 4 grams of trimmed up 18 day old popcorn buds (dried in oven)

smoken a bowl now shit is surprizing kick to it for being so premature

if u still dont understand wy i had to prune some 2 fan leaves from each plants and trim off 2 lower branches and bottom layer of popcorn buds - go back to page 1 and look at my pics. and realize i still have a month and a half to go!
i just wanted to make shur my plants wont hermy from it thats wy i posted, ive never had to cut anything during flower. so this is scary for me lol choping parts off my babies when thay so fagile
 

GoldenGanja13

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well ur right i never cut fan leaves ever!

BUT this time things are different, this strain is super thick and bushy and i toped it wich made it so thick i have tops of middle branches turning yellow and curling under becuz the center of the plant (between the 4 main tops) is so thick with fan leaves

the foilage is so thick the leaves touch and overlap all over the place and water condensation form between leaves that touch

i just pulled um out to water and i cut off the lower 6 inches of popcorn buds and i choped the 2 branches that were growing out horazontaly becuz the canopy was so thick and i cut off 2 fan leaves from the core of the plant, (between the 4 tops but towards the bottom half) i did that to allow some air flow

the last thing i want is to loose this all to mold

but ya i got about 4 grams of trimmed up 18 day old popcorn buds (dried in oven)

smoken a bowl now shit is surprizing kick to it for being so premature

if u still dont understand wy i had to prune some 2 fan leaves from each plants and trim off 2 lower branches and bottom layer of popcorn buds - go back to page 1 and look at my pics. and realize i still have a month and a half to go!
i just wanted to make shur my plants wont hermy from it thats wy i posted, ive never had to cut anything during flower. so this is scary for me lol choping parts off my babies when thay so fagile
Sounds like you had to do what you had to do. I would rather risk stressing her than mold any day. :joint:
 
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