Fennimore
Well-Known Member
As an experiment, on my last plant, I cut fan leaves off during veg and during flowering when I noticed that they were shading parts of the plant... I didn't use nutes, only soil, water, and cfls. Everything still happened the way it should have. I was suprised that it still turned out to be female, and then never hermied. I was sure the stress of lots of leaves being removed would hermie it, but it didn't. Anyway, the plant survived just fine, and looked/smoked great. One problem was that the dry weight of the buds from the whole plant was less than an ounce. It could have had something to do with not using nutes the whole grow, and growing with CFLs, but I was happy with what I got from the experiment.
So, it is possible to do it, and still produce good buds, but cutting will def. stunt growth, reduce the size of the buds, and could cause it to hermie. The leaves are the powerhouse of the plant. Whether growing HPS or not, if a leaf if shading a part of the plant you need light to, just add a cfl there to help out. Not a bad idea, but it is just one idea...
So, it is possible to do it, and still produce good buds, but cutting will def. stunt growth, reduce the size of the buds, and could cause it to hermie. The leaves are the powerhouse of the plant. Whether growing HPS or not, if a leaf if shading a part of the plant you need light to, just add a cfl there to help out. Not a bad idea, but it is just one idea...
Keep it in mind...
they will learn. i did. they r the engine to ur plants, can ur car cruize with no engine???