Trimming Fan Leaves

Discrediting someone's information doesn't have to be arguing.

I guess I'll keep all my leaves intact! Thjanks

I'm goin with stinky and not trimming anymore leaves. I was ?misinformed? maybe? and was trimming some, but some little voice said stop, so I did, but this topic has helped confirm my thinking not to touch them.

I have to say if you don't try and experiment nothing will ever change. For all the people who can't change and won't well don't tell other people not to. There are many people out there that strip the fan leaves off with great sucess. Go and have a look at International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - My Perpetual SOG Cabinets are Finally Finished!
It might change some of your minds out there. Lets all be honest we all want the same thing from our plants.

Well this is my first post and I want to tell you all thank you for the info im working on getting my medical card ive been told I will qualifi no problem but cash is an issue and ive been trying to get my own ladies going so thank you for all your info and Please keep it coming.

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Originally Posted by sheist

I kno that when u harvest, u gotta trim the fan leaves n all that..

what if you were to trim the fan leaves during flower?? wouldnt the stran focus the energy into the shoots??

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What takes energy from the top bud is side branches. I trimmed all fan leaves from every side branch. Although it did not kill it, it is like a dwarf compared to her twin sister. The only bad thing about fan leaves is they block light to your side branch buds. constantly arrange fan leaves to keep light on the side branch intersections.

Psssst...

This thread is from 2006.

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Originally Posted by Michael420

Psssst...

This thread is from 2006.

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What are you saying? Its Outdated or Just making a point?

I agree with Low. This is an old thread but the issue is not resolved. You have some folks saying they trim successfully while there are others who are saying don't trim ever. I trim the leaves on most of my plants. I trim lots of leaves on the Purple Kush and don't trim any leaves from the Pineapple while I trim just some from the Sour Diesel. The PK is thick and bushy and tends to mold even in dry conditions whereas the Pineapple has very thin leaves that let in all the light necessary. It depends on more than your feeling on the subject. It depends on the thickness of the particular strain and how much moisture in room humidity, dew, rain or whatever will be in the environment. Extra bushy plants like Gods Gift, PK, White Kush and such usually benefit from thinning the leaves. I will try to document some trimming this year.

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Originally Posted by rudy2010

I agree with Low. This is an old thread but the issue is not resolved. You have some folks saying they trim successfully while there are others who are saying don't trim ever. I trim the leaves on most of my plants. I trim lots of leaves on the Purple Kush and don't trim any leaves from the Pineapple while I trim just some from the Sour Diesel. The PK is thick and bushy and tends to mold even in dry conditions whereas the Pineapple has very thin leaves that let in all the light necessary. It depends on more than your feeling on the subject. It depends on the thickness of the particular strain and how much moisture in room humidity, dew, rain or whatever will be in the environment. Extra bushy plants like Gods Gift, PK, White Kush and such usually benefit from thinning the leaves. I will try to document some trimming this year.

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Funny this thread came back up, just got done trimming fan leaves here...actually I'm harvesting a plant from the top on down in phases 4/a re-veg project. Hopefully this site stays around long enough to finish the discussion, as it appears the server was down for many days.

Glad you mentioned the server. I have been getting tons of server busy try again messages lately too.

I usually trim the fan, sun, sugar leaves too especially when they completely block the light from getting to the lower part of the plant. I trim lots of the popcorn buds off as well. I do outdoor so no harvest til fall but hope to post pics along the way.