what people usually do is snip off 1 4th of the leaf margins *the tips) so that the clones have less inbalancing weight on there ends tipping them over but by no means cut 2 much of the leaves off shes right but thats just a simple overlooked step youve got all the ingredients now its just time to find the perfect way of mixing them up..jus think of it like this once u get this cloning thing down your bud factory will officially be open for business and in no time turtle will be parting the sea of green...if at first you dont secussed...fuk the world and smoke some weed...then try and try again...repeat steps 1 @ 2 as needed...