im new to growing by my friend isnt, he grow one plant a year that gets 12 feet tall, he cuts most fan leafs as long as the node connected with it has two leafs that are formed not small or new. and the fan leaf stem is longer than an inch. i have been doing the same thing and have gotten AMAZING result i started a grow on the first of feb my 2 plants that i did that too( i have 6 i only did it to two of them to make sure because i wasnt sure myself) now those plants are about 3 ft tall and bushyyyyy way more than the other 4 i didnt do it to. thats just my 2 cents
HiInOC Reviewed by HiInOC on . Fan Leaf's to cut or not?? Workin' on first Grow Box project, plants are 20 days old under 6500K 100W CFL's, they are 4 inches tall and have some very large fan leaf's starting to shade lower inner nodes, wondering if I should remove these leaf's or just let nature run it's course. Did some searching and no real clear direction found. Rating: 5