Nope. The fan leaves were taking just about all the light up, but the plants have already bushed out quite a bit further than I would have expected, and those smaller fanleaves spread a bit further out, and are already increasing in size. This is the point where you can basically hear them growing if you listen close enough. Having done this in the past for light penetration in smaller amounts, I'm not too worried about the buds not forming, they're already starting to intertwine quite a bit, and the stalks are there for the support, still looks like I'm going to have to stake the pineapple up, strength of these stems isn't very high at all, even with the fan in there.

The bubbles are nice and sturdy, buds are forming well there. As far as the plant soaking up those nutes in the last few weeks... I feed mine until the end, they don't get a week or two week flush
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