To Or Not To Trim Fan Leaves In Flower

[oregonmellow]

So I have been reading fellow farmers posts about takeing fans off,guess it*s a matter of what works for you,happy growing,Peace.

 

[oregonmellow]

 

[oregonmellow]

Finally finished White Widow,haven*t posted for a couple weeks,it turned out pretty good even with my fans stripped off,176 buds average like in the pic off 12 plants,happy growing,Peace.

 

[dorjewright]

I pluck the large fans that shade bud sites; a few at a time and do it well into flower. But I tend to stay away from the finicky hard to grow strains.

 

[gooball]

So I've got some ladies in flower and i have read both you can and you can't trim fan leaves in flower...seems to be an ongoing debate!!! So I'm asking the farm what would you do and why?

I trimmed the fan leaves in flower stage and my plants went into shock. The buds are tiny and the top of some of the plants under the lights burnt. I'm never doing that again. I pretty much have like 3 or 4 ounces total for 7 plants. Live n learn I guess.

 

[The OD710]

I know this was an old thread but the "3 a light" book focuses heavy on extreme defoliation at weeks 1 and 3, like to the point of stripping all growth off to the first node. The jungleboys also practice extreme defoliation they say some strains respond best to the first node and other the second. Your plants must but very healthy. If you start removing leaves on an unhealthy plant you are not going to get good results at all. If you don't beleive it go check out the 3 a light Instagram page and scroll through the pics to see some extreme defoliation and the results. @thr33alight

 

[Rigdog11]

And I forgot about my sicmeds green crack . the buds on this are huge for my grow room . its @ 7 wks bloom . this plant has turned more purple than any other strain iv grown ever . It smells like undiluted or unconcentrated diluting pineapple juice or maybe a really fruity cough sweet . I can't wait to try her.View attachment 479517View attachment 479514

Yo that's dope! What kind

 

[Steelers8482]

It's my first time growing indoors and wanted to see if anyone got some advice for me. Should I trim some leaves or no? Thanks

 

[dire wolf]

Hey steeler , what strain is it ? Can you post a pic in normal white light with the hps turned off ?

 

[1diesel1]

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It's my first time growing indoors and wanted to see if anyone got some advice for me. Should I trim some leaves or no? Thanks

Na, let her ride.
She don’t have many fan leaves to speak of anyway.
Start plucking random leaves at week 7.
Start strippin at 8.5 weeks.
Looks good:)

 

[BigCube]

I always massively defoliate during week 2 or 3 of flower. Once I can see what's going to be what, I remove anything covering budsites and EVERYTHING from the lower third of the plant that would only ever give me popcorn larf.

I essentially remove half the vegetation from the plant. I do it all in one or two days depending on how much time I can dedicate to the task. I've never had a plant react negatively.

If you're growing auto, this would probably fuck it up since autos are shit and cant handle anything without turning herm or turning to shit.

If you're growing anything other than auto, you'll be fine.

 

[Buzzer777]

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It's my first time growing indoors and wanted to see if anyone got some advice for me. Should I trim some leaves or no? Thanks

This is your picture somewhat corrected..If she were mine..I would either bend (anytime, as long as the stems are still flexible)her or supercrop (depending on how long in flower) where I drew a line.

I would NOT defol!

 

[BigCube]

This is your picture somewhat corrected..If she were mine..I would either bend (anytime, as long as the stems are still flexible)her or supercrop (depending on how long in flower) where I drew a line.

I would NOT defol!
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I agree in this case. The plant is already quite thin. You wouldn't gain much if anything by defoliating that.

 

[Steelers8482]

Hey steeler , what strain is it ? Can you post a pic in normal white light with the hps turned off ?

Don't know what strain it is. Could be of 3 , blue cookie, gorilla glue, or sour diesel.

 

[Paniczone]

Should I trim anything off of these girls? They are 1 1/2 weeks into switching the lights to 12/12.

Thanks,
M

 

[catbuds240]

Should I trim anything off of these girls? They are 1 1/2 weeks into switching the lights to 12/12.

Thanks,
M

personally i would trim some of the lower stuff on the branches.

 

[catbuds240]

personally i would trim some of the lower stuff on the branches.

Also if you were to have any stakes that would be useful to help spread out the plant some. You want to try and maximize canopy space while leaving as much of the plant untrimmed as possible

 

[Paniczone]

Also if you were to have any stakes that would be useful to help spread out the plant some. You want to try and maximize canopy space while leaving as much of the plant untrimmed as possible

like a camping stake? How would I use that?

 

[catbuds240]

like a camping stake? How would I use that?

you could use bamboo stakes. They might have them at a local grow store.

 

[catbuds240]

these are a bit pricey online i have been able to find the same ones locally for 3 bucks