ilovesluts420
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How important are fan leaves during flower? I know some who take em all off mostly and then some who leave them all on the very top. What do you guys do?
Fan leaf are "solar panels" for the lack of a better word. Basically you can remove all fans that are growing towards the interior and those that overshadow bud sites. That being said... although the solar panels convert energy into chlorophyll, those "panels" will also require energy to keep 'em in good steed for the lack of a better word. That "required" energy is not making it to the bud sites (or not as much).
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I was a skeptic once, now I make my girls naked
... a scalpel!Well, i'm skeptic also. But next grow i strip one just to see. You use cisors? Or the nails?
Well, i'm skeptic also. But next grow i strip one just to see. You use cisors? Or the nails?
First hand , hands on experience on the job training is the BEST and ONLY wayta know what works on each individual plant/hybrid......that said......I`m a self taught leaf stripper that got talked into it loooooong ago by a self-proclaimed grow guru full of himself , cuz he was hawkin the technique HARD ...... I let him know that he talked me into fuckin up 512 clone only Chem D plants at 4 locations in 8 different fliprooms that I`d already been croppin for 3 yrs , and it stunted em for a SOLID 2 weeks to get back to the original swellage they`d had BEFORE ever fuckin with em , so my point is this Ganjalf.....So here's a comment from another uneducated grower...
Good amount of people saying to strip, others saying not to. The argument that the leaves are the solar panels and that without them the plant won't grow or will be stunted. Fair amount of belief that excessive stripping is bad for the plant.
This was the first time I've used LED panels and I grew a few new strains from seed. I had one plant stretch unlike I've ever seen.. grew between the led strips and about 4" above the panel. I have the panels as high up as I can but there is still 6" of space to the top of the tent.
The colas above the panel are completely undeveloped yet there are fan leaves on the same stem just below the panel that are exposed to a massive amount of light. I'm no botanist nor am I looking to start an argument, but I don't see how the argument of leaving most the fans on applies. This error has shown me that stems can have a good amount of "solar panels" on them yet do dick all for a cola thats 3" above them when the cola itself is not exposed to light. I've always only removed fans that blocked sites but now I'm thinking its time to try a little more and see what happens.