Garden Knowm is right ... unnecessarily pruning of leaves can cause sex-reversal from the stress, and very little is to be gained by it, usually ... forget about the burned part, nothing you can do about that ... the less you do to your plant, the better ... she has pretty good self-defense mechanisms in place ... just water properly (some advice I need to adhere to better) ... feed nutes only when plant indicates it needs something, and enjoy ... don't expect to grow killer smoke when beginning, just learn from each grow ... it is a highly interesting project ... " keep it Simple " ... :smokin: