don't cut off leaves... leave them in tact

Typically what I do is tuck them out of the way. If they are really in the way then I take the leaf and cut half of the tips off (cut at the knuckle of the leaf) this seems to be a happy medium. With that said when I do this I might only trim like 20 leaves across 30 plants and I'm not actually removing them but rather just cutting off the overhanging tips that are blocking light.

This technique has worked well for me. Previously when I removed the entire leaf/stem I found that the the budsite at that leaf/stem node seems to lag behind.

That's how i would handle it.:jointsmile: