Fan Leafs making to much shade, PRUNE???

ok i hard abouth this shit called pruning wat does it do juss move the fan leafs out of the way so that ur buds can recieve more light ??? or can i jus taketrim my fan leafs off??? wat should i do because i know in late flowering ur plant uses up the energey saved in the fan leafs when u flush so wat should i do any opinions would be greatly appreciated

heres a pic of what she looks like atm i only have fat buds at the top since i dont have enough light for the bottom im planning on buying 2 more CFL'S for these last couple of weeks of flowering but here she is at 6 weeks

you should try to keep as many fan leaves as possible, but cutting a few off to get more light to the bottom is fine, and will help the bottom nugs to be bigger

just take off a small few that are in the way of the light, not 2 many though..

I agree, remove some of the upper leaves and some down around the center to help the light get to the center and bottem of the plant...

yea i got a shitload of fan leafs so im thinkin bout takin off half at least or maybe juss 1/4 from wat i can see

That canopy doesn't look too dense, I wouldn't trim any leaves at all... just tuck them under or around other branches or buds.

let the plant grow she knows how many leaves she needs


the plants #1 goal is to make big buds so it can catch as much pollin with it as possible, so if it didnt need those leaves she wouldnt have grown them, and once she doesnt need them anymore she kills those ones off.


just let her grow in peace


look at these 5 ft monster i grew with out trimming 1 single leaf and it 5ft tall!!!! and the bud still supa dupa

so exactly where would you cut if you cut it at the base of the leaf or at the base of the brach on the stem?

DO NOT TRIM HEALTHY GREEN LEAVES!

Fold them back and tuck them away, or use paper clips, but don't trim healthy leaves! If they are yellow leaves, then pluck 'em. If they are dead leaves, then get rid of em. But when leaves are healthy green that means they are still useful to the plant!

you guys are crazy trimming is good but dont go crazy maybe 4 leaves
kinda like if a deer walked by and took a few bites

SkunkyJoe said:

you guys are crazy trimming is good but dont go crazy maybe 4 leaves
kinda like if a deer walked by and took a few bites

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Okay maybe if they directly covered the buds, but yeah... keep it to a fair minimum... leaves are like elecricity generators for the plant...

And a paper plate for a light reflector. How cool is that!

Skunky Joe is right. Indoors, of course let the light get to ALL the Buds. Outdoors, as mine, I hire the Grasshoppers to trim for me. Who am I to argue with Mother Nature.

Torturedzen said:

And a paper plate for a light reflector. How cool is that!

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lol well i couldnt get a hold of anygood reflectors than i looked at a paper plate and i rembered flat white paint i put it to the and it reflected more light than the aluminum sheet that i was orignally gunna use but yea im pretty sure the paper plate reflects like 100% of the light lol

Dont trim the fan leaves. Your fan leaves act as a storage center for mobile nutrients(NPK) that the plant builds so it can draw on those reserves during flowering. During late flowing the fan leaves show signs of extream nute deficiency as the plant drains them of nutrition, eventually leaving a light brown wringled mass.
Removing these leaves denies the plant this nutrient buffer and as a result production can suffer. Sometimes common sense moves like cutting fan leaves to promote light penetration can back fire, look at both the good and the bad parts of it. Trimming fan leaves, unless you are really really aware of what your doing as far as plant nutrition can hurt more then it helps.

Yo, cheap CFL reflector, get a file and scissors or tinsnips or a hacksaw and split an aluminum can, the inside is highly reflective and perfectly sized for a 43~watt cfl