I have some pretty big Fan Leaves and was wondering if I should trim them up or cut the Fan Leaves off all together to allow more light??
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as long as they are gathering light (feeding the rest of the plant), i'd leave them on. two exceptions:
1) if they're diseased, moldy, thrips, whatever - get them off (and check the rest of your plant for similar issues)
2) towards the end of veg, i have found that stripping the bottom third of the plant of leaves helps the top 2/3rds concentrate energy on bud growth. i don't do this all at once, though. one or two branches a week, check that you're not stressing her out, and continue if everything's healthy
It looks like they are mostly at the bottom of the plant. I would leave them or just tie them out of the way for now.1) They're not diseased.. at least I would say there not. They don't look it... No mold either.
2) They been in flowering for about a week so far.
So should I trim the fan leaves or not?...
Do not chop those green beauties!!!! Also dont' water so much, they are showing signs of heat stress, and overwatering. early signs, so just let them dry up a bit mroe before you water. That being said Dont' chop them, they are like solar panels, the more you leave up the more power you get!!! never chop your leaves!!!! they are the most important part of this equation!I have some pretty big Fan Leaves and was wondering if I should trim them up or cut the Fan Leaves off all together to allow more light??
Exactly!! I was waiting for someone to agree with me...STOP !!!!!!!!!!! dont cut the fans, tie them back
IMO dont touch them. Only remove leaves that are more than 50% damaged. Unless you need to improve vetalation and even then I would say do not trim the leaves unless more than 50% damaged. I have tried both ways over a long period of time, and all you do by trimming is to lower your yield. Trust me when I say the buds don't need any light, more leaves + more light = bigger yield.