i trim any fan leaf that is covering a growing tip, unless it can be bent or trained out of the way. I snap them off at the stem instead of using a knife and cutting them. It breaks the cells apart from each other, as opposed to just cutting through them.(i like to stimulate nature)


I trim week 1 of flower, week 3 of flower(right in the middle of stretch), and week 6-7(im harvesting in 2 weeks anyways, GET LIGHT TO EVERY BUD POSSIBLE). If a bud doesnt get light, it doesnt grow. When it comes down to it i want colas, not fan leaves.

All of the buds that dont recieve adequate light are going to be small waste of time/hash making buds anyways, and they're a pain in the ass to trim.


here are some of the plants(indoor as well as outdoor) that i grow using this kind of trimming. I dont just go crazy and cut fan leaves off, i only remove them in order to incease light penetration and bump my yield.
drudown11 Reviewed by drudown11 on . Whats your take on trimming leafs ok im asking around. Im running a lil 400w about 14in or so from my baby's, and there are great looking fan leafs but its blocking a good amount of light im wondering how bad is it to take off some of the fan leaf's for the lower nutes or is it better off leaving them and let it do its thing. and then how much do you trim before flowering so that the med's are not all leafy but all the flowering points are getting enough light im going to have to use the 400w to flower so i need to get as Rating: 5