Do I Need So Many Fan Leaves ?

[King Ally]

id like to cut off some of fan the leaves so light can get more to the where the buds will start to form I'm 30 days in veg now & topped the other day I had trimmed off loads of bits a week ago but that grew back in no time so basically main thing is will cause problems if I had no fan leaves ??


The photos are less then a 14 days apart

 

[LittleDabbie]

Those fan leafs are what absorb the light.... Yes leave them alone.. you need them :D

 

[King Ally]

Those fan leafs are what absorb the light.... Yes leave them alone.. you need them :D

Could I not take some off though ? & also it's my first grow btw I ain't nothing special hence why I've asked so many questions

 

[Homesteader]

You can take some off without anything negative happening. Once my canopy fills in, I take off some of the bottom growth but mostly because the leaves itch the shit out of my arms. Older fan leaves produce more sugar than new growth fans do but only if they are getting light. With a young plant like yours, I wouldn't see a reason to take any off yet though since the light is reaching all of the fans still.

 

[Maine.Grower]

Older fan leaves produce more sugar than new growth fans do but only if they are getting light.

I did not know that...very interesting. I personally take the fan leaves at multiple times during my grows. Once early in veg, once when I flip the lights (sometimes) and again a few weeks before harvest. I used to not, but for some reason started doing this years ago. I keep telling myself I'm gonna do a side by side in one of my rooms, but I never do haha. Thanks for the info...research time :)

Peace folks...

 

[King Ally]

You can take some off without anything negative happening. Once my canopy fills in, I take off some of the bottom growth but mostly because the leaves itch the shit out of my arms. Older fan leaves produce more sugar than new growth fans do but only if they are getting light. With a young plant like yours, I wouldn't see a reason to take any off yet though since the light is reaching all of the fans still.

Okaay I'll leave it as it for a week or 2 as I plan to flip it once the topped node has recoverd fully would it be okay to do it just before or after as in trim of some fan leaves (talking few weeks ahead) ?

 

[Homesteader]

I did not know that...very interesting. I personally take the fan leaves at multiple times during my grows. Once early in veg, once when I flip the lights (sometimes) and again a few weeks before harvest. I used to not, but for some reason started doing this years ago. I keep telling myself I'm gonna do a side by side in one of my rooms, but I never do haha. Thanks for the info...research time :)

Peace folks...

https://www.theweedblog.com/distribution-of-sugars-within-marijuana-plants/

 

[Maine.Grower]

https://www.theweedblog.com/distribution-of-sugars-within-marijuana-plants/

Very nice...never really considered sugar production like this. Honestly, I now feel like an idiot the way I've been growing for years haha. Gonna work on taking this into consideration in the room I'm starting up now. Leave sugar producers...get rid of undesired bud sites only. Thanks for the link