Should i take them off?

[GrowinGreen23]

should i take off the larger fan leaves in the 12/12 cycle
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GG23

GrowinGreen23 Reviewed by GrowinGreen23 on 06-05-2006. Should i take them off? should i take off the larger fan leaves in the 12/12 cycle ??? GG23 Rating: 5

[4x5]

no, tie them back like you are handcuffing them, or tuck them out of the way

[mountainman]

They will gradually fall off themselves. Do not remove them until they have lost all of their green color. Remember, if it's green, then it's generating food for the plant.

[LOC NAR1958]

They are right plus it stresses the plant and slows it down.

[GrowinGreen23]

so how should i go about taking these large leaves out of the pictyure so that i can get some light to the bud underneath? I thought it might stress it but the tricomes are starting to amberize ( yeah you guys know you like that word) so it will only be a few weeks left i just want it to get as potent as possible. Next question here i have the other plant that is making me mad cause the leaves are curled and it just looks like crap but why is it not showing tricomes yet while it has been in the same amount of time in the 12/12 cycle as the other and they are aroudn the same age only a few days apart!?!?!

Thanks guys so far!

GG23

[Lady Vapor]

In the many reads I've done with The Cannibis Grow Bible it clearly stated to leave the leaves on the plant because it stores sugar which helps the taste. It seems to me I've read it also helps in potency. I tied, mine back in the 8th. week of flowering, but let them go back when I got some good info from Hardon, he said:

While tieing or otherwise repositioning fan leaves is great in veg state, its a break even proposition on flowering, at best.

Each flower pod has a primary fan leaf. This fan leaf does two things.

1. It regulates internal temps of the plant.
2. It is the power plant for that particular flower.

By moving them in such a manner you are literally shutting down or minimizing the power plant for the flower it is designed to power.

So, you may get more light to the flower heads below, but you stunt growth of the flower with the fan you just turned.

Pinning and tieing down the fans is great in veg, as I said. The light gets the secondaries going and it helps develop more branches from which flowers can emerge.

However, the flowers themselves...the individual flower pods, which have the most resin, don't need the brilliant light to continue to bloom. As long as those fans are there in the flower bud, the bud will swell and get fatter and fatter.

Its those fans that power the flower pods to open and reproduce.

Moving the fans so they cannot get light properly, will tend to make them longer buds, but less fat and less hard.

The plant needs it fans and the plant knows where it needs them.

Just some food for thought.

As I said I put mine back and now they're turning yellow and falling off with just a little flick of the finger. If it stays on, it lives for another day.

[busteruk7]

the tricomes are starting to amberize ( yeah you guys know you like that word)

yeah i love that word lol
i surprise myself sometimes and come out with these long good sounding words lol
cheers all

[busteruk7]

They will gradually fall off themselves. Do not remove them until they have lost all of their green color. Remember, if it's green, then it's generating food for the plant.

very true that goes for everyplant too its where the photosynthesis goes on in the plant
cheers all

[GrowinGreen23]

thanks guys i liek the read you have there LADY VAPOR i'll keep that in mind for my next grow. It shouldn't be long nwo till this one's over so i just thought by pulling them back or pintching them that it may help...guess not

Thanks

GG23

[Tranoble]

You can allso cut the tops off when they are ready and let the bottoms of the plants go for another week. You will be amazed at how much more weight you will get.