Dec 9, 2024 · Fan leaves turn light into food for the plant so you'll want to keep them unless you have a purpose in removing them. Some folks remove fan leaves that are shaded by leaves above. Search "lollipop cannabis" for info. Others conserve all leaves until the plant drops them. There's a lot of info out there about the subject that you could read up on.

Dec 20, 2024 · Removing the large fan leaves during this stage of veg will encourage the lower shoots to grow more quickly, as you're eliminating a significant amount of weight. In 7-14 days, the plant will likely double in size.

Jun 25, 2016 · Arguments Against Trimming Fan Leaves Trimming fan leaves is a common practice among cannabis growers. However, there are arguments against this practice that should be considered before making any decisions. One of the primary concerns in trimming fan leaves is the disruption of photosynthesis.

Dec 28, 2009 · The fan leaves MAKE AND STORE energy for the plant. The fan leaves are doing a process called photosynthsis, and it is the most important part or task or job the plant does, to make it grow. They make the FOOD, the sugars and carbs needed to grow. If you remove a FAN leaf, the plant will stop growing taller until it can replace that removed fan ...

Apr 29, 2010 · After a number of tries changing everything, from lighting, nutes, bucket design, the biggest and most noticeable change was to really shape the plant in veg by removing the lower leaves and in week 5 of flowering start removing any fan leaves that block the light from the flower leaves. letting the light get into the plants inner sections was ...

May 28, 2023 · I’m told the younger fan leaves tend to be more photosynthetically efficient than older lower leaves. On my most recent grow I started taking big fans when the benefits of removing a solar panel (i.e., more light on two or more shaded buds and their respective supporting leaves) outweighed the loss of a photosynthesis engine. It was a ...

Feb 2, 2025 · Revegetation will cause this effect to leaves. Check the strength of your light at the top of the canopy. Check for light getting to your girls during lights out time as well. These things can cause contorted leaves and large numbered fan leaves. Going thru this now due to weak/insufficient lighting. Hope this helps brother.

3 days ago · All my lower fan leaves have turned yellow and died. Almost half way up the tree. I give it bloom nutes at 0-5-4 and cal-mag. I know yellowing is normal during flowering but it’s only the fan leaves. Any thought?

Mar 31, 2011 · I was just wondering if anyone removes the huge fans leaves form their plants. I have some plants from seed and they have some 8-9" wide fan leaves on 12" plants and they are blocking the light from penetrating to the lower branches.

Dec 31, 2016 · The nutes i am using are base nutes SBA SBB, diamond nector, cal mag, silicia and i as i went towards weeks 3 and 4 i started to add carbo load, sweet raw, terpinator and koolblum, so now the buds are getting bigger each week but the fan leaves are still drooping down, not all the way but almost all the way.