ok the perpetual question/cut or dont (fan leaves)

[1stimegrower]

ive seen posts that say to cut them and get more sunlight to your
buds. ive also seen posts that say dont do it, because the fan leaves
absorb more sunlight and is more beneficial to the buds.

So, who is right??? Only expert opinions please! i really need to know
the real deal so i can have the ultimate yield. My plant is VERY healthy 29 days into flower and its got 25 colas on it, so i really dont want to fuck with perfection.

Thank you guys, (and girls)!!!!!!!

[fatalattack]

leave the leaves that dont shadow your buds let them turn yellow then give them a tug not to hard just a little tug the leaves provide stored nutes to your flowers you should have some turning yellow that means they are being consumed by the plant this is good unless you have to many leaves falling off then you have a problem i have experimented by taking two clones from the same plant and removing the fan leaves during flowering from one and left them on the other these plants are right next to each other in the same soil same nutes same conditions the result is the plant i removed the leaves from the buds are substantialy smaller and are not as frosty and do not smell as fruity as the other the other ones buds are at least twice as big and smell delicous and are covered in trichomes and just looks better so i hope this helps you out happy growing

[1stimegrower]

i dont have any leaves turning yellow, they are all dark green
with a purple tint its outside planted in the ground it started
flowering august 20th i think ill just leave it alone, its too damn
healthy to mess with it!
Thanks for the input!!!!

[BlackBerry]

u should leave them on while growing n remove them before curing