sometimes a little shock is good for kicking a plant in high gear- sometimes not. i would say trimming of fan leaves is # 1 debate between growers. put some pics up so we can look over the plants. i lay down and look at my plants from underneath, seeing how the light penatrates the canopy.if your getting light down to 2 thirds of the plant then your ok. i speak in general terms cause every case is different. my studies show the bottom third of fan leaves are for the roots and bottom third of the plant.(i never trim these-i would rather trim the bottom branches than those fan leaves). side note-im watching news.we have the worldds highest zoo in co, just had baby giraffe, cutest face ever. if growing indoors, you can compinsate for some of the functions those fan leaves do, if you trim them.never trim alot at once. on occasion i will trim the biggest fans down from the top then skip 2 branch nodes down farther then trim the fans that are the oppiastite from ones trimmed above. typically for me its a matter of discipline not to trim.im usually always glad i didnt in the end. if you look at my pics youll see where ive tied up fans for a couple days at a time just to get light in for the preflowers jump started then forget it. i spin my plant 180 2 times a day somtimes.usuall once. also if i go over my plants i can usuall just tuck any leaves that are over flower sights to the side. ive trimmed fan leaves back about 50 %.half of leaf volume.cut just the blades of leaf that r too long. at about 3 weeks into flower plants have stopped beast mode and i think that is the only time to do decided trimming.you can also do a little supper cropping on fan leaves.i do just about everything to keep em on. my opinion would be trimming fan leaves gives you more flowers.(more popcorn), not trimming gives you less buds but bigger frostier colas and topps. well that aught to get you thinking.
