smokinrav said:
You disagree that green leaves grow plants? It's like I'm in a time warp to the worst Overgrow dogma from 2001.
Ha. That's kinda funny.
But - uh - there really isn't anything wrong with thinning out plants a bit - weak internal branches and detritus from the middle of the plant in particular.
And I don't really think there is anything wrong with "
selectively removing fan leaves" - but definitely stress the 'selectively' ... you are right that plants derive energy from leaves - but that doesn't really mean never remove one ever.
smokinrav said:
To the OP. If you must do something with your leaves, just move them out of the way. Don't remove them or you will be doing your plants a disservice.
Tucking leaves out of light usually makes them wither and die. Talk about the worst overgrow dogma. :tongue0011:
To the OP:
-Do NOT clear-cut your plant.
-Some selective pruning is fine and careful plant management here can increase yield.
-Absolutely remove any and all detritus from the central parts of the plant.
However -
At 9 weeks you should be right done - few strains would have you more than 10 days out or so - pruning isn't what you do at this point in time . . . usually after the post-flip-strech is done you do all this - not week 9.
At this point I wouldn't bother anyway - just flush 'em out and finish them up.