Trimming Fan Leaves

[Brother Schenker]

Every successful crop I've ever had was the result of removing the fan/shade leaves.
I began doing so based on an article by "R" in High Times around 1980.
It was titled Pruning for Production.
Has always worked for me. Longer buds and more of them compared to plants whose shade leaves are not removed.

Didn't "R" turn out to be Ed Rosenthal?

Grow 'em however you please. Grow more than you need and give away the surplus for free.:thumbsup:

[oldsanclem]

Latewood " Wow, I cannot believe all the mis-information in this thread! some of you have good ideas, but some of you are full of crap...Sorry!"
The ONE fact that most grower (?) leave out is WHAT a crop produces.:stoned: Grams/watts/months (just the FACTS Please)
Oxygen and co2, are produced by the plant, and if nature , grows some damn nice grows with the fan leaves. You would think after a few few million years, there would be POT sticks with just bud. You know I have NOT, seen a large cashcropper taking off the Fan Leaves.
I'll put it out there,,, Growers with a atleast 50 pounds a year Please reply.
Note thats 50 #, cleaned, destemed,dry, cured,:thumbsup: :dance:

[Brother Schenker]

You know I have NOT, seen a large cashcropper taking off the Fan Leaves.
I'll put it out there,,, Growers with a atleast 50 pounds a year Please reply.
Note thats 50 #, cleaned, destemed,dry, cured,:thumbsup: :dance:

cashcropper being the operative word---heartless, greedy pimps who overcharge instead of overgrowing. you'll be old some day and feel ashamed.

[m.g.]

even the lowly 1-2 pound growers i know do not pull fan leaves...only ones i read about doing it are found here and other basic grow rooms. oughtta tell ya something right there!

[Brother Schenker]

I don't understand the fighting attitude about this. I've grown both ways and found by my experience that taking the mutherfucken fan leaves off gives me longer and fatter buds. If it doesn't work for you then so be it. No need to act smug and condescending about your preferred way of doing things. We're here to help each other---that is help each other, not hurt each other.

[m.g.]

lol bro, you're the only one here trying to sound tough with all the cussing and name calling...lol

[oldsanclem]

Given away alot to medical, even a judge, an cops, and some very sick. You know something funny, I never had heard of a cashcropper forcing, people to buy pot.
I must admit pot is so easy to grow, birds even grow it. They even leave the fan leafs on till the seeds come out.
Say do cookies count as payment or thank you's.
Most/all cash croppers do because it simple, easy, Jail time does cost, no mater how you look at it.
"nothing is life is free"
I almost forced a guy to sweep the buds off the floor, with lots of fan leaves. :dance:
It was a hot day and the fan leafs moved to keep him cool.

[Brother Schenker]

"nothing in life is free" is down to human beings. the heartless & greedy charge for everything and charge as much as they can get away with. the kind hearted and truly stoner-spirited seek to help people for as little as possible.

you're either a greedhead or a kind-hearted stoner; you're actions and comments prove which one you are.

everything begins in the Now.
if you fuck up, begin again. start over---in the Now.

[oldsanclem]

I have only got one free bud in a few decades of growing, it was from a cop. :stoned:
Charging med patients is downer if you could be that low. Now showing them how to grow is better.
Now if your over 30 and do not want to stick your ass out to dry , you buy it.
You know a funny thing chuck a 1/8 a key on the bbq and see how fast they want to buy the rest. You need to add 25% extra for the lost pot on the bbq , but they happly pay extra.:dance: :dance: :dance:
Puff the magic BBQ:thumbsup:
Be Cool keep the fan leafs pointing in the same direction.

[elcheapo]

Sorry Brother Schenker but I agree with the others. And my opinion only comes from my experience. I guess certain strains would behave differently but removing fan leaves usually makes the buds much more leafy and less resinous. From my experience if you maintain correct plant health and node spacing then removal of fan leaves is detrimental. Lower bud sites especially are more likely to suffer if they aren't getting energy from the leaves.
What I'm trying to say is stick with what works for you. I'm leaving them on because it works for me.
When are you clipping the leaves?
Do you have some comparitive pictures?