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Should i still be removing the fan leaves day 58 ?

puffy69
puffy69started grow question 23d ago
Should i still remove the fan leaves at this stage? or leave then for feeding. i have only been removing the ones blocking light
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pHilosophy420
pHilosophy420answered grow question 23d ago
At day 58 (week 8), you don’t wanna be stripping too many fan leaves. They’re still feeding your buds and helping with finishing. Just keep removing ones that are dead or really blocking light/airflow. Let her ride it out now and fatten up.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 23d ago
No.
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Mr_Weeds_Autos
Mr_Weeds_Autosanswered grow question 23d ago
Hey Growmie At day 58, you're deep in flower, so leaf removal should be minimal and strategic. It's fine to pluck a few fan leaves that are yellowing or seriously blocking bud sites, but avoid heavy defoliation. Those healthy fan leaves are still feeding your buds and storing nutrients. If you can, try tucking instead of cutting. Keep the airflow good and let her stack up!
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Another_song
Another_songanswered grow question 23d ago
Remove only those leaves that are far from the inflorescences; those leaves that are close to the inflorescences should not be touched. For example, you have large leaves there, you can remove them, they are not needed, the light will fall on the inflorescences and make them more resinous
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 23d ago
Should never whimsically remove leaves. Your leaves are all fairly small, so i'd wager you already did this once before, eh? leaves don't block light. They absorb it. The products of photosynthesis freely annd easily travel around the vascular tissue. apical dominance is how the plant allocates it and not where the light hits. This is bro science that lacks any evidence to support it and only has blind faith behind it. Empty promises... is it causing condensation? Is it incredibly congested? have a good reason to remove any 1 leaf. If you don't over-crowd the canopy, there's rarely a need to remove anything. Your canopy is not congested. Simple bending is all that you should do. Also, it looks like you heavily defoliated at some point before, eh? I can tell because the leaves are all small and on the immature side of things.
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RasendeRollo92
RasendeRollo92answered grow question 23d ago
Hey there 👋 I prefer to only remove the ones who block the light and keep the rest for feeding. Considering how even your buds seem to grow on what I see there is no need to remove anything at the moment from my point of view. Hope that helped. Good luck & happy growing 👊🍀
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Organic_G
Organic_Ganswered grow question 23d ago
I think you mean Day 58 of life cycle not the flower days… First 3 weeks, leaves Are crucial for bud development ( only defoliate of they overshadow 3 bud sites or more) Week 4-6 a balance between Photosynthese Rate & bud quality ( defoliate a Bit, it‘s a sacrefice of mass for quality ) Week 6-8 Budds don‘t get bigger anymore, plant don‘t need photosynthese to build biomass, trichomes & terpenes ripe at this Stage, light on bud Sites will enhance ripening process All this is based on a perfekt 8 Week flower cycle, in real life it often takes a bit longer, but thats the Basic concept
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