I hope you see this.

Think of your main water leaves as solar panels cause that exactly what they are. If you power your house with solar panels, now start stripping them off. How well is your house going to run ? Not to good. I have been trying to get my bro to understand this for over a year. Just because some weed head that said he grows hydro but in all the time you know him you ain''t seen shit for chonic from him says " It's a weed " and strip them leaves off says so.

He has doubled his yield by leaving the solar panels there.

Things grow better in the light. Yes. But when large plants grow canopies that shade the solar panels are there to help with energy. I found little difference between shaded buds and cola buds on the same plant. Other wise you might as well cut off everything in the shade.