thanks for the link, thats interesting ive kinda been thinking...

from my previous grow i know that some of the secondary flowers dont quite breach the canopy of fan leafs, resulting in little shitty buds on them, so i just chop 'em off at the main stalk?

ive done a picture showing the bits to be removed in red, the light green squiggles represent the bulk of the leaves, does that look about right?