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Hello GD. question???? should I remove the big lea...
snowball
started grow question 5y ago
Hello GD. question???? should I remove the big leaves or not? I did remove the small one's on bottom of stem. but unsure about these large ones.
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Leaves. Too many
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GrowCN
answered grow question 5y ago
Leaves are the solar collectors for the plant so I don't like to remove them without a good reason. If the big leaves are not shading a budding/fruiting site I'd leave them.
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Mr_Cannab1sir
answered grow question 5y ago
Nah mate, leave all the leaves on that you can, especially the big fan leaves, they'll be most useful
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