Don't listen to this guy ^^^

NEVER remove fan leaves from a cannabis plant unless they are ready to fall off on their own. They don't 'just suck up water'; they MAKE SUGARS! They are where the bulk of photosynthesis on the plant occurs, where the plant takes the energy from the sun and uses it to bind carbon from the air and hydrogen from the water into the basis for all the yummy resins it is going to make!

It's like cutting the blades off a wind turbine to 'make it spin faster'...
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . Properly trimming fan leaves off? Sorry if they aren't specifically called fan leaves, maybe water leaves. Anyways, I was doing some trimming yesterday on my plant outdoors, and made me wonder if I was taking to much off or being paranoid and not taking off as much as I could. I'm referring to cutting off the excess leaves that grow here and there around the plant, that do nothing but take up water. Should I cut from the bottom up in a gradual pace, or could I cut most of them with no worries of doing any damage? I figure Rating: 5