Quote Originally Posted by irydyum
Those large leaves, unless they are dead, are the carbohydrate factory and light catcher for your plant. It isn't a really healthy practice to remove all of them, doing so has resulted in all of your smaller leaves making up for it, and will probably cause leafier bud. It's forcing the plant to make greenery to grow when it should be focused on flowers, ya dig :thumbsup:
Excellent comment on the leaves- if I may add, they still function at the end of life when they give up color. They are returning their last stored nutes to the plant, again so it can concentrate elsewhere. (I still kinda pick and prune at 'em, though.)