Trimming 3-4 weeks into flowering?

[3rick]

Hey everyone,

I was going to post this in "Plant Problems" but everyone over there has spider-mites, and I didn't want to catch them.

I've got two pre-98s and one lav just over three weeks into flowering. The sepals (to a lesser extent) and the adjacent fan leaves (to a greater extent) are blocking the light to the tops of each branch.

Would it be ok to cut these back a little bit like I would for a newly cut clone? Can I do more, less? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

3rick Reviewed by 3rick on 09-20-2011. Trimming 3-4 weeks into flowering? Hey everyone, I was going to post this in "Plant Problems" but everyone over there has spider-mites, and I didn't want to catch them. I've got two pre-98s and one lav just over three weeks into flowering. The sepals (to a lesser extent) and the adjacent fan leaves (to a greater extent) are blocking the light to the tops of each branch. Would it be ok to cut these back a little bit like I would for a newly cut clone? Can I do more, less? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Rating: 5

[pushit]

Hey everyone,

I was going to post this in "Plant Problems" but everyone over there has spider-mites, and I didn't want to catch them.

I've got two pre-98s and one lav just over three weeks into flowering. The sepals (to a lesser extent) and the adjacent fan leaves (to a greater extent) are blocking the light to the tops of each branch.

Would it be ok to cut these back a little bit like I would for a newly cut clone? Can I do more, less? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Damn mite infestations!

Have you thought about just tucking the fan leaves?

[3rick]

Damn mite infestations!

Have you thought about just tucking the fan leaves?

Tucking. Now there's a word you don't hear everyday. Just fold them under, kinda how it sounds?

And screw those mites. I HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER YOU STUPID MIGHTS!

[pushit]

Tucking. Now there's a word you don't hear everyday. Just fold them under, kinda how it sounds?

And screw those mites. I HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER YOU STUPID MIGHTS!

Haha yep.

[Salvein211]

I'm not sure what you mean by how you would doctor up a clone, but I cut a few of the HUGE fan leaves that develop. I usually only do this when its blocking a good amount of light from fruit shoots. I also have a lack of lighting for the current grow I have, so this is also another reason for that. One other thing is, I never cut the top leaves, I always go down 1 or two sets. But thats just me. I haven't noticed any sense of shock or unhappiness expressed by the plants. Just my 2 cents

[Medicaldelivery]

Tucking. Now there's a word you don't hear everyday. Just fold them under, kinda how it sounds?

And screw those mites. I HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER YOU STUPID MIGHTS!

ha ha restraining order, I gotta go get one..

[Lit Up]

Think of your fan leaves as solar panels. They catch all the light and turn that into energy. The energy created by them goes into the buds. If your 4 weeks into flower, your plants are done stretching anyways. Now they are just going to start fattening up. So don't cut off those fans and don't trim them.

It would be like me cutting off your big toe and telling you to run faster.......not happening.

Tuck, tie if you want. But don't cut off my big toe.

[Purple Daddy]

I'd leave them alone, don't remove leaves until they start to yellow.

[jtsik330]

This is one of those things that many growers have mixed feelings about so really whatever you feel comfortable doing. Pruning definitely worked for me however I felt kinda sorta they slowed down growing just a little bit. So I got trellis netting and folded the leaves under the netting and I've liked that more.

[Purple Daddy]

This is one of those things that many growers have mixed feelings about so really whatever you feel comfortable doing.>>>>

I don't know about that, everyone I've read says not to touch sun leaves until they die.

Pruning and trimming sun leaves are two different things.