Pruning

Can any one way in on there thoughts on pruning can I cut off all fan leaves??

inbeforethedebateofpruningfanleaves

i say if nature didnt need fan leaves they wouldn't be there

but as a hypocrite i do take off the lower fan leaves that are feeding the popcorn buds as i remove those popcorn buds as well

if it's a leaf, get rid of that shit, it's just blocking light to the soil

Defoliation seems to be a very controversial debate.

Personally, I only remove fan leaves that shade out bud sites... And that's only if I can't supercrop those branches into the light.

Doug80 said:

Can any one way in on there thoughts on pruning can I cut off all fan leaves??

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Lol yeah go right ahead cut off all your plant fan leaves, let me know how that works out for you.

This is gonna sound weird I know but bear with me....the plant grew them for a reason.

The fan leaves contain sugars (no, it's not just the sugar leaves) that the plant feeds on to assist flowering. They're for more than just veg.

So yeah, prune selectively. Clear some space for air n light, and damaged leaves, but don't go nuts. Normally you'll be doing most of your snipping around the middle of the plant where the leaves are fighting each other.

Thanks for replies that what I do is mainly in middle but I have seen where others prune even more

Doug80 said:

Can any one way in on there thoughts on pruning can I cut off all fan leaves??

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Knock yourself out

thats what I do

every time I think of this

Doug80 said:

Can any one way in on there thoughts on pruning can I cut off all fan leaves??

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For me personally pruning is strategically removing 0.05 or 1/20 mid to low leaves roughly 10 days into flowering and for airflow purposes only.