Fan Leaves during Flowering

hey guys/girls

Basicly my setup is 3 x400watt HPS lights
we have 5plants....

each plant is touching 30inch tall and are realy bushy....there in there 2ndweek of flowering and are looking good.

basicly wanting to know if i shud remove the HUGE fan leafs from the plants or leave them? will the bud still grow at the bottom of the plant if its not getting much light?

that-sounds-like-alot-of-light-for-5-plants,how-bushy-r-they?any-pics?

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/129222-2nd-grow-new-pics-bloom.html
pictures are on that link

can never have to much light i would say.there all healthy and green

Leave the fan leaves on. Prune off all small bottom branches that are not getting the light. This way, the fan leaves will continue giving energy to the plant, and the growth will be concentrated in the main colas and those branches that are receiving light. The idea is to end up with six to eight main branches that produce huge buds. Think candelabra.

Vi

ViRedd said:

Leave the fan leaves on. Prune off all small bottom branches that are not getting the light. This way, the fan leaves will continue giving energy to the plant, and the growth will be concentrated in the main colas and those branches that are receiving light. The idea is to end up with six to eight main branches that produce huge buds. Think candelabra.

Vi

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When you say Prune The Small bottom branches...i take it u mean the leaves on the branches at the bottom? or just the little weak stems right at bottom

v2Lethal said:

When you say Prune The Small bottom branches...i take it u mean the leaves on the branches at the bottom? or just the little weak stems right at bottom

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Take off the small branches around the bottom of the plants along with the leaves on those branches. If you leave these branches on, they won't receive enough light, but they will take energy from the part of the plant that is getting light. There are those who will tell you to take the large fan leaves off. Don't listen to them. The buds on the main stems will grow really fat .... in spite of the leaves being there.

Read this and it will give you an understanding as to why you have to leave the leaves on:

http://plus.aol.com/aol/reference/photosyn/photosynthesis?flv=1

Vi

wow u should be good dont go hacking anything let them flower man. should make a nice harvest bro GL

You can always get yourself a couple inexpensive CFL's and place them around the sides of your plants so the bottom buds get light. They're cheap and don't throw hardly any heat and you can pretty much have them inches away. Best of luck!

Leave the FAN LEAVES alone ! They are the power plant for the buds, make sure they get good light.

thanxguys i will do as VI says