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Old 11-11-2013, 11:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Removing all leafs on plant that has fruit.

Cutting the male flower off is a great idea if you want more out of the bunch ... in fact also remove the "runts" from the bottom of the bunch. On the other hand, the leaves are solar panels and as other people have pointed out the plant needs them to generate proteins and carbohydrates to ripen the fruit.
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