you guessed it

does cutting fan leaves, around new branch sites, at the beggining of flowering, inc yield?

looks a little butchered... not if you cut too much off!! it just allows for the flow of fluids/nutes to other parts of the plant faster, after its done healing the wound...

its fine actually. I'm tight for space plus it can't get too tall so i i'm growing a bonsi kind of plant, about a 2 ft tall, i decided to experiment on one branch

less is more my friend....

Thank you, that is exactly what i was thinking. The less fan leaves, the more energy directed into producing branch, (and in turn) bud sites.

yeppers... though they do the most work in photosynthesis, and you may want to remember that!

thx for the advice darknezz

i'll post some pics soon and update on how things are going

any other adivice?

ha ha "thebloateddragon"

hmmmm... jorges bible says don't do this; the leaves act as a solar panel to take energy in from the light, so you're actually decreasing the density of your yield by doing this. leave the fan leaves on and let her do her thing... au natural.

ilivefree said:

hmmmm... jorges bible says don't do this; the leaves act as a solar panel to take energy in from the light, so you're actually decreasing the density of your yield by doing this. leave the fan leaves on and let her do her thing... au natural.

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Right you are.....+rep for you!

then how do you explain the countless cases you see and read about on RIU were growers claim to have a larger yield because of cutting back fan leaves?

happyhooligan said:

then how do you explain the countless cases you see and read about on RIU were growers claim to have a larger yield because of cutting back fan leaves?

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If you take them off your slowing down the plant, if you MUST take them off then you do so rt next to the main stem.. The fan leaves collect the rays that in turn let your plant grow . I have trimmed some in the later stages of flowering to allow light to get to the lower buds, If you take off too many you can SHOCK the plant and set you back 2 weeks .

if you really want to add to the yield, then bend instead... it redistributes growth hormones, doesn't distrub by causing major healing (as cutting would), and lets you get light in to lower branches.