I hope you see this.

Think of your main water leaves as solar panels cause that exactly what they are. If you power your house with solar panels, now start stripping them off. How well is your house going to run ? Not to good. I have been trying to get my bro to understand this for over a year. Just because some weed head that said he grows hydro but in all the time you know him you ain''t seen shit for chonic from him says " It's a weed " and strip them leaves off says so.

He has doubled his yield by leaving the solar panels there.

Things grow better in the light. Yes. But when large plants grow canopies that shade the solar panels are there to help with energy. I found little difference between shaded buds and cola buds on the same plant. Other wise you might as well cut off everything in the shade.
LOC NAR on probation Reviewed by LOC NAR on probation on . Do buds need direct light for max growth? As the titles asks, do the individual buds need to be in the direct light in order to grow or even reach maximum size and potency? The reason I ask is that my plant(feminized white widow) out grew her cabinet and has 8 colas that I ended up having to cross over each other to tie down and keep below the light. This as you can imagine has created a very dense center with folage and budage. Ive noticed that some colas have ran off and left others in development and interestingly enough, the Rating: 5