hell no dont touch em!!!!!!!!! unless there is a fungus growing on em dont touch em. the plants need the fan leafs to grow. you WILL destroy the plant by removing its solar panels, the fan leafs also act as a food storage base, your plant is screwed without it.
the only time you wanna cut your leafs off is if you want to top the plant. by topping it i mean by cutting the very tippity tips new growth off you create 2 main stems to grow, and you can do it multiple times.......the first 5 pics are my plants topped many times over, and the last pic is one i didnt touch. you tell me which is better.
in the last pic there are 2 plants there. the one on the left was not topped and it grew one ok bud at the top, now the one one the right is the same plant in the 3rd picture with about 30 main colas growing. the difference is amazing. but only if you cut the right place. in 2 of the pictures you can clearly see where i cut
