ok, buggies gone and plants are happy

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Now, i am wondering how far apart the plants should be, they are quite bushy and, well verry close together, what are the down sides of this?

the flowering is comeing along ...slowly, i think because i was relocateing them to water them every time (to inspect the plants and clean the drip pan thinggy) , did not have the proper food and the had smoe bugs in the soil, three weeks now. should i trim any leafs at any time, i see these videos and articles that say it is good, then i read somewhere that is it not good? any recomendations?