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Based on experience and reliable sources is there any problem with pruning (cutting fan leaves off)?
imo if the leaf is blocking light to branch growth it would be more benefitial to cut it. and if its not getting any light then its useless and just wasting the plants energy to keep it alive.
pro answers only
I hope no one answers your thread.
No.. plants don't waste energy.. they use whatever they can get. Cutting the leaf off may open up a lower section for more light, yes.. but it will stress the plant to cut parts of it off..
If you do decide to prune fan leaves off.. do one at a time.. every few days.. never cut more than 2 fan leaves off in a day.. as it really is unnecessary.
What do you think the plant uses to catch that energy from the light??
The Fan leaves..
Try tucking.. and tying.. you can manipulate the growth of the plant just as well and not worry about cutting parts of it off before it's time to.
Hope this helps,
Bob.
Lol you sound like a jerk.Quote:
Originally Posted by checkmark9
Don't trim your fan leaves.
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Originally Posted by checkmark9
Cutting a healthy leaf is never a good idea it's only hacking up a good plant.
If you want more light to the lower parts ad some side lighting. Tuck them back out of the way but the plant still needs them. They store food in the fan leafs and the fan leafs are used to regulate the internal temperature of the plant. They do play a very important part in the over all health of the plant.
Sorry but your conclusions are wrong about how beneficial fan leafs are.
The choice is yours.
The only time its ok to cut them off is the last 5 day's before harvest by this time the plant is done and you are just waiting for the Trichomes to finish.
I find it;s best not to trim fan leaves at all, especially if they are healthy and green. The only time I find to remove a fan leaf is when it is dead and is no longer useful, other than that, nah.
Like people have said, it stresses out the plant. Also, during flowering, the plant uses its stored energy that are within the fan leaves to create buds. Less fan leaves=less energy for buds which can = less yeild.
BobBong is right, tie or tuck the leaf/leaves instead
Be nicer next time. We are all learning in one form or another, and to single out one another is not respectful because after all, you're a newb too. ;)
If he wants facts and not just what people think then you shouldnt be offended when he doesnt want unknowledgable people to answer his questions :p.Quote:
Originally Posted by allrightname
I think though that as with all information on a forum, you have to educate yourself just enough to be able to sort out the reliable information from all the piles of horseshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
imo...you sound like an ass...but the fact is that you dont want to prune....tie them off...and if it dies...PULLL it off....its really simple...ass
Sheesh, what's up with the undercurrent of hostility? Smoke some pot, people! ;)
I don't tend to cut off fan leaves, if there is any way I can avoid it, which there almost always is. Occasionally, later in flowering, I will remove some mongo fan leaves if they're seriously preventing light from reaching another plant, but mostly I just let them fall off on their own schedule, and that's always worked pretty well for me.
Cut the whole plant down and never grow again with that attitude I
don't want you as a fellow grower. If you wanted expert advice look
up the answers yourself asshole, Or are you to lazy to do so?
i think you should not cut the fan leaves.
but dont listen to me, im not a pro lol
the fan leaves delivers sugars and evergy to your plant cutting it off would be like cutting your own fingers off....stupid but im a newb so what do i know i only grew this on my ignorance so i guess i have no idea what im saying
http://boards.cannabis.com/attachmen...3&d=1159411662
you want no answers from a newb so what the hell do you consider yourself with such a basic question all growers should know
Tell em INV LOL :D
he knows what im sayin, I didnt mean to be an ass or anything, calm down.Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
all my friends and everyone who knows me knows that 10% of the time when i say stuff if comes out wrong and i sound either like a dick or like someone who never took an english class ever or some other bad way.
All i know is that i didnt want uneducated guesses.
thanks to the helpful people and everyone else, get over it <---Intentional smartass comment
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Originally Posted by invision
I know im a newb grower, the whole point was so people like me dont post, so people like u that have good info are the ones informing me so im not learning shit and doing shit to my plants that i shouldnt.
BUt if your gonna to be a negative nancy about it then i wont listen to u.
-the rest is only for the narrow minded people who freaked out-
some of you seriously need a chill pill, i know i do cuz of ppl like u pissing me the fuck off.
you think i was being cocky or eirigant(sp?), well i wasnt i was actually putting myself in a lower more student like position, hoping to get valueable info out of this "friendly environment"
im not gonna hold grudges but some of u just settle down and open your minds sheeesh
when i said i wont hold grudges i didnt read this post yet!Quote:
Originally Posted by yabatab
yaba go to hell, u call me an asshole but i didnt say one single thing in my original post that even compares to how much of a prick you are based on what you just said.
i dont know what crawled up your ass and died but i think you need to take it out then shuv it up twice as far.
"cant we all just get along" - Rodney King
they must be depressed, heavy drinkers, or tweakers, cuz that was some hostile shite, wheres the fucking love u dipshits, how old are u guyz...........27 here, on ssri's and happy as fuck. get some sulight, and stick your dick in the mashpotatoes..................NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH
Hold a grudge if you want, but making a post titled the way that
you did discrediting people that might want to help you right off
the bat is no way to be.
And how can you tell experts from others here judging them by
mere words typed on a screen? Like I have said in other post
on the grow forums it is best to look up the answers yourself
then ask the opinions of other growers here if you are still unsure.
People are more than willing to help others out here.
Looking back at my post I was a bit harsh in my reply and I
apologize for that but the way you posted that just struck a
nerve in me like you were saying that there are people that
are lesser than others here.
Good luck on your grow ....read read read then read some more
the FAQ is full of info and just try to form you questions in a
manner that don't make others here feel as if they are lower
on the poll than others and you wont get such hostile replies.
i was jk i am personally unable to hold a grudge, no matter how hard i try i cant keep being mad, which is a good thing i guess. Like i said sometimes things come out wrong which is y i dont like when people jump to conclusions and assume im putting people down because then i seem like someone im not.
ill unofficially retitle it "dont want any opinionated answers to my Q"
because when people post opinions when your not looking for opinions then someone will put something dumb like my opinion in my original post which turned out to be completely wrong.
sry for watever
yeah i agree with bob bong and zandor
dont cut the leafs off if they are healthy this is just limiting the ammount of light that it will take in and could stress the plant
cheers all :)
i alrdy cut the ones off the main stem before i posted but now i know and i wont cut more of them
I don't think it matters to cut one or two leaves out that are shading. If you take into account nature, plants lose leaves all the time, its just the volume of what you remove needs to mimic that in nature. I don't think going mental on the pruning is good for obvious reason, likewise, I don't think its right to go to the other extreme and remove nothing, under any circumstances. Removing something that won't be absorbing much light and therefore having much use can only help the plant opperate more efficiently. You just have to exercise good judgement and restraint, that goes for the overall thread as well.
I can understand where a lot of these people are coming from. I first read this forum a bit ago when it was first posted, and I have to say that I agree it was offensive. Maybe it was just your wording, or maybe it was your attitude. Who can say for sure? I can say that the way you came off in this thread seemed a bit cocky and above others. I sneered, said a snide comment to myself and moved on down the thread. I read someone say " I hope noone answers you" or something to the affect, and I must say that I agreed. Maybe wrong of me, maybe right of me, but, none the less you get hositility because you came with hostility. Just keep that in mind fro the future and you should be ok....
PS maybe think about changing your handle if you want a fresh start....
I was going to post a reply, but its all been covered. Cutting= stunt in growth and unneeded stress.
Btw, if you want answers you may not want to sound like such a dildo...
Thats why you shouldnt grow untill you read the FAQs and learn about it. Beacuse if you dont, you fuck up.Quote:
Originally Posted by checkmark9
this isnt where i parked my car!!
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Originally Posted by elway07
hey elway if u read all the later post and not just the top 2 you would realise that everything is taken care of and i alrdy explained myself and its all worked out so uhhhhhhhhhh yea, and if anyone thinks im an asshole becuase of how i first posted it then go through and read all the posts and if you still think im an asshole then your an asshole.
y the hell would i change my handle, if i needed to change it becuase of my reputation then i would find a different forum where ppl arent goin to lable me as a dick becuase i said something wrong then apologized
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Originally Posted by LIP
actually you sound like the dildo because before i ever started i read alot about growing and read every singe faq and there is nothing about pruning fan leaves in there or else i wouldnt have asked. so stfu
http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/G...c%20Topics.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by checkmark9
Check here:thumbsup:
Actually checkmark, if YOU would have read my entire post here, it states that I first read your thread when it was first published here, and obviously I read the continuance as well otherwise I would not have had a reply to that continuance. Seriously M8, such a hostile and angry reply was certainaly not warranted as I was being friendly and giving friendly advice as to why even I was offened, not everyone else..Me.
I simply stated that I understood where they came from in being upset because when I first read it,I too was a bit annoyed. when I continued to read it, I was a bit annoyed.
It seems that you have completely misunderstood my intentions and again snapped back with hostile word fire, which really just made my case here.
I do not believe that I EVER said anything to you about being an asshole or was mean at all for that matter. I DID READ every post Checkmark, and I eluded to that in my post.
I wasn't saying that you had to change your handle, I was just simply trying to help.
Just think about this,...... If your very first encounter with something was not such a great one, albeit misunderstood, or intentional, you will be more likely to avoid such things...right? I was just saying that if you are not the person that you are even still coming off as, give yourself and all of us a fresh start, because we will be more likely to avoid a situation such as this again. It isn't about bad or untrusting, misunderstanding people.....It is human NATURE!
Good Luck
but titling a thread the way you did will only invite the "newb's" as they're only trying to impress anyway...so it defeats the purpose. someone above mentioned something about a little self-found knowledge is needed so one can discern the bullshit from useful info...which is damn sound advice!
and yes...errr, no...don't pull any healthy leaves. i don't and you shouldn't either...and it looks like none of the experienced growers suggest doing it either. (seems like this question pops up every month or so...might be a good sticky thread...where it probably already is...)