Real noob question: where do I want the light?

My plants are a few weeks into veg. I keep wondering which part of the plant do I want most of the light on - the (fan) leaves, because they power the growth, or the growth tips? In other words should I tuck the leaves away or even defoliate so the light hits the growth tips straight on or do I let the leaves cover the growth tips? And then does the answer change once I flip them?

hazyvonne said:

the (fan) leaves, because they power the growth

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IMO,
If your question is "where" the light should be, the answer is, "You need more light."

.Smoke said:

IMO,
If your question is "where" the light should be, the answer is, "You need more light."

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Bingo!

hotrodharley said:

Bingo!

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Hopefully it’s not cheap blurples. Lol.

.Smoke said:

IMO,
If your question is "where" the light should be, the answer is, "You need more light."

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Maybe I did not word this correctly. I'm sorry, english is not my first language. What I would like to know is whether I should tuck the leaves away to expose the growth tips to the light better or whether to let the leaves cover the tips. I have a spiderfarmer LED light.

Let the fan leaves get it. Tuck if they’re blocking anything that needs more light.

Don't worry too much about tucking or defoliating anything in veg-you should look up LST and start training your plant so your bud sites have space and equal access to good light though.

I tuck fan leaves if they cover up other tops, but yes you want the fan leaves getting most of the light, but also keep light on the tops so they make new fan leaves and get taller/bigger