Water Leaves?

Alright hey everybody, this is my first REAL GROW that i'm doing in my backyard. So I get to wake up every morning to look and take care of it if needed..

I planted it on may 30th or eaaarly june ? its now august and its been showing the female hairs soo im happy for that .

I've wondered though bout water leaves.. I got alot on the bottom of my plant that really dont get much light from the sun since its covered by the upper part of the well sun bathed top.

would it be better to cut the ones that aren't getting sun ?
*( opinion : if i do this I was wondering would the plant get more 'energy' to the rest of the plant better and faster since it doesn't have to waste energy on water leaves that dont get sun ? )
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would it be better to just leave them as is while its in this stage and when i start producing actually sized buds then trim them off?
*(Opinion : If I leave them on would the plant 'make or have' more energy since the water leaves are their n still getting the suns rays ? just not the full amount ?. )

PLEASE SHOOT ME SOME IDEAS OR YOUR THOUGHTS.
* HERE ARE SOME PICTURES ALSO *

Water leaves ? you must mean fan leaves, the big ones ? it is generally suggested not to remove any leaves since they are the basic factories of the plants, even if they don't get that much sun I'm sure they are helping the plant in some way. Conclusion? I would not do it....just my opinion, btw aside from sideways pics your plant looks good and healthy.

I think: Leave em on there. They look like they receive plenty of light.
Theyll help keep your plant healthy.

I have been removing my fan leaves and haven't seen a problem.

DeeTee said:

Water leaves ? you must mean fan leaves, the big ones ? it is generally suggested not to remove any leaves since they are the basic factories of the plants, even if they don't get that much sun I'm sure they are helping the plant in some way. Conclusion? I would not do it....just my opinion, btw aside from sideways pics your plant looks good and healthy.

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yeah fan leaves my bad .. haha but yeah i'll take both of your guys word for it . thank you . also if you look closely in pictures you can see that i've tide a few branches down so they get max sun. Was this a good idea or should I have kept it how it was ?

The are lookn good sky. Just keep doin wat ur doin!

Why would you remove the fan leaves?? They provide food for your plants.

I only remove them if they are dying off on their own or if it's just a couple large ones stopping the buds from getting full light.

IF you do remove any branches, make sure you make them into clones instead of throwing em away..

Kaendar said:

IF you do remove any branches, make sure you make them into clones instead of throwing em away..

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He was asking about leaves not branches...

NoGutsGrower said:

He was asking about leaves not branches...

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Obviously, but chances are there will be a few cuttings he might take that could be clone worthy.

Kaendar said:

IF you do remove any branches, make sure you make them into clones instead of throwing em away..

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quit trying to hustle everybody for clones and buy some lmao

FresnoFarmer said:

quit trying to hustle everybody for clones and buy some lmao

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lol these ppl live across the country from me and shit.. Im just a very green person and I hate seeing shit go to waste.

Kaendar said:

lol these ppl live across the country from me and shit.. Im just a very green person and I hate seeing shit go to waste.

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I can dig it......I throw all my clippings and trimmings in my compost pile as long as they don't have fungus.

fresnofarmer said:

quit trying to hustle everybody for clones and buy some lmao

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lol.......

Kaendar said:

lol these ppl live across the country from me and shit.. Im just a very green person and I hate seeing shit go to waste.

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Yeah I used to see clones all over my plants when I started growing indoors. Had a frigging jungle in no time. Couldn't stop either. Like buying guitars.

hotrodharley said:

Yeah I used to see clones all over my plants when I started growing indoors. Had a frigging jungle in no time. Couldn't stop either. Like buying guitars.

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Thats how I am. One big female, and I see 24 more plants lol. Clones are the best thing in the world when it comes to growing cannabis.

SkyZUU said:

yeah fan leaves my bad .. haha but yeah i'll take both of your guys word for it . thank you . also if you look closely in pictures you can see that i've tide a few branches down so they get max sun. Was this a good idea or should I have kept it how it was ?

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Great idea, that's called LST ( low stress training ). Do that to as many side branches you can you will get plenty of extra buds that way....

Leave are food for your plant, removing leaves that don't sit in the dirt on an outdoor plant is pointless to me.... The sun is so intense that light penetration isn't and issue unless you have a huge
Monster then some of the bud sights toward the lower half of the main stalk can be removed, but not leaves..... Especially the big power plant leaves

Kaendar said:

lol these ppl live across the country from me and shit.. Im just a very green person and I hate seeing shit go to waste.

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I live in huntington beach baha. and cloning loses the potency of the bud each time you clone.. im just gonna harvest hang dry , gonna try n buy some seeds from the seed bank see whats good ;D