Ok to take these big fan leaves out

Ok so it’s in on day 10 of flower and was wondering if it’s ok to remove the fan leaves blocking all the colas under and is there to many I can take off or what I read so many both ways I never know what to do so asking for experience lol thanks as always and I promise I have looked I just can’t figure yes or no

I call it productive thinning. Just remove what is absolutely necessary. If you can't tuck the leaf or move the top for more light, remove the leaf. Also, a good time to get rid of bud sites that aren't going to produce.

HydoDan said:

I call it productive thinning. Just remove what is absolutely necessary. If you can't tuck the leaf or move the top for more light, remove the leaf. Also, a good time to get rid of bud sites that aren't going to produce.

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I thinned it before I switched to flower but ended up waiting an extra week and had all kinda shit start trying to grow and was worried about taking off too much at one time

HydoDan said:

I call it productive thinning. Just remove what is absolutely necessary. If you can't tuck the leaf or move the top for more light, remove the leaf. Also, a good time to get rid of bud sites that aren't going to produce.

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How do you decide productive sites? Direct light exposure? We have lollipopped 3 times but I swear I'm still finding branches with no direct light exposure.

I take out the lowest buds that don't get direct light.
Otherwise, they compete with the bigger buds on the same branch.
You don't have to remove everything at once. Take your time, watch the plant.