I had to trim. I'm hoping for several grams of popcorn from the bottom of my stalks, and those buds were getting no light whatsoever, I realize this will help to harvest them early, but I don't want to harvest early unless the buds are ready, I'd rather have them swell up and mature with the rest.. At any rate, I trimmed all 3 plants, and the pineapple benefited the most from it, I'm afraid the bubbles were going to use those leaves for nutrients, so I might have actually hurt my harvest a little bit.

I'll keep this thread updated with my final findings on these plants
low_rdr Reviewed by low_rdr on . Fan Leaves Vs. Trimming In the past I've had more room to grow. Since this is my first CFL grow, I'm not sure which technique to use, in my previous grows I have always cut the fanleaves off all the bottom nodes but left some stem behind for the buds to secure to, making them semi tight, and still nice sized buds in the end. Now that I'm in a smaller area my fan leaves are a bit weaker, will trimming increase overall yield, or will leaving them on produce more stalk strength for the plant? I'm starting to get some Rating: 5