First signs of flower, trim fans or not?

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First grow, GSC-auto, soil, ts-1000 light- 20/4 plus two uv/ir bars (20/4 as well)

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Trim the fans or not? It’s dilemma for me.
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Trim as necessary to maintain good airflow within the plant’s canopy. The plant otherwise needs the leaves to manufacture the sugars it needs to grow and be healthy.

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Yeah, I try to tuck before I start nipping but sometimes the really large fans not getting sun should be removed and anything impeding airflow.

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Agree with above recommendations, what helped me stop snipping leaves was perspective change, view the fan leaves as solar panels, that’s where she gets her energy from. I only snip them if they’re bunching badly and sitting on top of each other. Good wide LST helps greatly with air circulation.

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