Quote Originally Posted by sarah louise
50/50? ...most likely the skunk pheno... would make sense coming from a club, it's the highest yielding.

The only fans I remove are those that touch the medium. If you want to eliminate small pop corn buds remove the lowest growing tips but leave the associated fan leaves attached. The leaves on the meristem are the largest on the plant and contribute the most to the plants total energy production. They don't waste energy, they produce much more than they use.

Remember... the leaves catch the light that generates the sugars, that powers the flowering, that produces the buds, that you want to smoke. So hang on too as many leaves as possible.
there are soooo many theories on taking leafs off or tucking them or letting them go its hard to say whats better for them... i have been experimenting with this throughout all my grows and compared plants.. yeilds and potency .. ive always gotten more yield with out lose of potency

here a good post ive read a couple times and it kinda explains everything

Trimming fan leaves a consensus part 1 - Marijuana Growing