Would any of you all remove these leaves.

[the47th]

I'm in week 3.
I was talking to some people about moving the 4 biggest fan leaves in another week.
Would Anybody else here remove these to help the growth?

 

[Nightstick008]

Give it a couple more weeks. I don't LST until it's at least over a month. I want those nodes.

 

[lenhug]

Yeh, I'm with @Nightstick008, let her grow baby! They are her power cells.

I used to cut lots off but these days I just let them go and then just defoliate if they are covering bud sites or knackered.

She's looking lovely, good luck!

 

[TheGoldenRoad]

During veg I've gotten into the habit of only removing what is necessary to get good quality airflow through the plant. Unless your plant is getting too overgrown of course but you're looking great so far. I'd probably wait another couple of weeks if it were me and start small.

 

[LoveGrowingIt]

I also vote for waiting, except for leaves that might be contacting the soil. The first cutting I do is usually when I top it.

 

[Newty]

Your biggest fan leaves is what's powering that plant!
First cut I make is topping.
As the lower branches grow up to the top, I will tuck the leaves under the branch tops so the top gets the light and grows past the leaves.
I show an example in the pics below, 1st picture is a branch in the blue circle covered by a leaf, 2nd picture is same branch that I tucked the leaf under.

Once I have some branches growing over the top of the plant, I'll start a scrog or lst.
Couple weeks before flipping I lollipop (defoliate lower 1/3 of plant).

After I flip to flower, I wait till the 3rd week of 12/12 light schedule and do my last major defoliation, after week 3 I'll only remove a couple leaves here and there only if necessary.