Looking good kiddo. Yes vertical growth will slow and stop. Bulk should begin to occur. The buds should start putting on bulk now from what I see. What good are those bottom leaves, they don't get enough light to make any real difference so they become a burden and the plant sloughs them, just like our skin does with old cells.

Also, keep an eye on the very bottom buds, if you don't trim them off, for nanners. The light reduction seems to cause a nanner now and then in my widow down very low. Food for thought.