Cutting the tips of fan leaves off,why are ppl doing it?

Feracon

Feracon

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Im reading abt topping and fiming and I'm seeing a lot of plants with trimming like the one below, can someone explain this to me? Thank you.

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Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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I'v seen it done in order to let light pass by the leaf to get to a bud. No other reason that I can think of.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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when i see that i assume its a clone, for the reasons rm3 stated, never heard of anyone trimming parts of leaves for light penetration
 
Feracon

Feracon

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Transpiration is the plant evacuating internal moisture through the pores on the leaves right? Why would you want to slow that in a clone? Slow growth?

Transpiration raises humidity and I thought clones love high humidity is why I ask.
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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Feracon said:
Transpiration is the plant evacuating internal moisture through the pores on the leaves right? Why would you want to slow that in a clone? Slow growth?

Transpiration raises humidity and I thought clones love high humidity is why I ask.
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What happens when you have too much foliage and not enough roots?
 
Bugeye

Bugeye

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I think clones can have more leaf material than their small root systems can support so I suspect it is done to keep them from going limp while roots develop.
 
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