hi there, second that! NEVER CUT OF LEAVES UNLESS THEY ARE DEAD! the plant uses te leaves to absorb energy from ur light, if u remove them it will stunt growth and fk the yeild up. as the plant goes through flowering stage the larger leaves will die and fall off anyway s the plant will tak all the energy it can get from them to create buds then they wil drop off. you will prolly find actually cutting off crappy buds from lower down does more damage than good! just because u remove them this doesnt mean the plant puts newly saved energy into other buds because thats not how it works! when u remove them the plant then wastes energy to repair itself and then starts growing the crappy bugs again from scratch wasting more energy! believe me i believed that crap in the past and found only through experience that i was doing more damage than good. cutting any parts off plants causes damage and stress to the plant.

hope this helps, cheers rossco