cowell
Well-Known Member
should i cut off my fan leafs?
your answer is NO its that simple. unless the leaf is dead, or extremely infested with bugs leave them alone. you dont need to get light to bud sites you need light to hit the leafs to absorb energy to make the BUDS. i see thread after thread asking this and it is a common sense question.
its like saying if you take leafs off a apple tree that the sun will hit the fruit and make them bigger and better when really it wont. leafs were put there for a reason so leave them. and if you think they should be trimmed off you an idiot.
The answer is actually yes. That is to say you should cut your fan leaves that are covering budsites in mid to late flowering when they aren't needed as much as sugar supplies. That is also to say - only if they cannot be manipulated or tucked out of the way-they should be cut. Other than that -I agree- yes, in veg and early flower leave them alone to build bigger stronger plants.
I like you and UB always comparing apples to MJ. If I have 2 cats eating a snowball - how long does it take to shingle the doghouse roof with pancakes?
Ed Rosenthal isn't an "idiot". He advocates trimming fan leaves too. I think the point is - you shouldn't trim when you can tuck.. but if you can't.. it's more important to get light to your budsites..so in that case you should.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=r9a9QZI9wnwC&pg=PT134&lpg=PT134&dq=cutting+fan+leaves+ed+rosenthal&source=bl&ots=rvnkzupM8r&sig=ptL_Cry0KnMLoFa_D9hinlv36ew&hl=en&ei=FNjGTJGhNIWDnQfB3fCIAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false