Huge fan leaves, should I prune them?

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coconut123

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Hi all, I would like to hear your thoughts / advice on my situation.

DWC system. Scrog. Using G.H Flora nutes. Lucas Formula. RO water
pH= 5.5. 900ppm. Room temp 68-78. Water temp 65. Humidity 15-30.

My plants have been vegging under 400w HPS for two weeks now. I shocked them during transplant but they have really taken off the last 3 days. You can see from the pics that the fan leaves are huge. I go in 4-5 times a day and try to move them so they don’t block the lower shoots.
I think I finally have things pretty much dialed in. But I would like some pruning advice for my scrog setup.

QUESTIONS:
1. Should I remove/trim some of these fan leaves or just keep moving them?
2. Should I start trimming some of the lower branches so more energy goes to the top?
3. (for my next grow). I heard of a pruning technique where, You top under the 7th node, then remove the bottom three leaf pairs. Would this be good to do for a scrog setup? Or do I let them grow and keep bending them under the screen?
4. My humidity is pretty low. 15-30. Is this ok or would should I buy a humidifier to get it to 50-60?

Thanks for any input you can give me. Steve
 

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jawbrodt

jawbrodt

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Is it just my imagination, or are there lots of three-blades leaves in there? Have they been through some major stress, or has the mother been through any? Sure look mutated to me, but it's hard to tell from the pics.

I don't believe in trimming, especially in veg. Some like to remove a few while in mid-late bloom, for better light penetration, so that's preference. I've got carried away before and stunted the hell out of them, so i decide to quit trimming altogether.LOL
 
greensister

greensister

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Once a week, someone asks this question.

The answer is yes. Cut them all off. Plants dont even use them, its a trick. You know what fan leaves do right? Exactly, they cool the plant by moving back and forth to create wind to cool down your plant. Actually fan leaves are followers of the plant that go to the plants concerts, and watches the videos, and buys the albums.


In all seriousness, fan leaves are the solar panel of the plant. Cut them off, the plant cannot photosynthesize and will starve to death.
 
FuZZyBUDz

FuZZyBUDz

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greensister said:
Once a week, someone asks this question.

The answer is yes. Cut them all off. Plants dont even use them, its a trick. You know what fan leaves do right? Exactly, they cool the plant by moving back and forth to create wind to cool down your plant. Actually fan leaves are followers of the plant that go to the plants concerts, and watches the videos, and buys the albums.


In all seriousness, fan leaves are the solar panel of the plant. Cut them off, the plant cannot photosynthesize and will starve to death.
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great, thats all i can say.LOL
 
BluffinCali

BluffinCali

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Normally I would say not to mess with the fan leaves, maybe last few wks of flower, but I agree that I would prefer they take some energy rather than risk shocking, stunting them too much...but in this case you may want to do something...Im just not sure what...there seems to be something amiss going on but its hard to tell.
 
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gatororange

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in all seriousness, is that your first hydro grow? don't know much about dro, but i think it'd be a good idea to add vertical lights to accommodate it's size
 
FuZZyBUDz

FuZZyBUDz

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gatororange said:
in all seriousness, is that your first hydro grow? don't know much about dro, but i think it'd be a good idea to add vertical lights to accommodate it's size
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:lol: DRO. lol. dude DONT clip leaves. PERIOD. just go out on a limb, and TRUST me. its a Stoopid idea, that i did a while back and kno first hand it should NEVER b done (until curing starts at least,lol) but those things r the plants eingines, take light and nutes and H20 to energy fer bud.
 
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