Well the leaves feed the bud site so i would say absolutely do what ever u can to not cut them. Plus u'll stunt the plants if u cut them. Its best to do any cutting or trimming in the veg stage, and just tie stuff down in flower. If u cut them u loose stored food, but gain light and stunt the plant a bit, and vice verse if u dont. If u topped and have a SOG, u should be ok anyway, the bud sites have a tendency to push through the canopy doing a sog, or scrog. I dunno what ur friend is telling u or what reasoning he has behind it, but u should never cut off ur fan leaves. People lst, do sog, or scrog, to help with getting more light to bud sites, but they never cut leaves off.
JackdaWack Reviewed by JackdaWack on . To Trim, Or Not To Trim...? I have four really solid laddies that I topped in the middle of veg and have a really nice SOG. I am in the final flowering stages and am flushing and have a tremendous amount of leaves that are light blockers at a minimum. I did the fold back thing, but there are also a tremendous amount of colas and bud sites so you end up covering another. I read dont..but do, but dont ever...arrrrghhh. I also have a friend who swears that you cut away in the final stages of bloom. Once a few weeks in Rating: 5