Yes. They grew. You can see where they cannibalized the fan leaves to.feed themselves.
Sure less is more but to what extent. A bag of worm castings or garden tone would go a long ways. Cannabis puts on a lot of weight the last couple weeks of flower. Why starve them?
Also those lost fan leaves photosynthesize better than sugar leaves.
I mean when restricted to a certain number of plants to maximize yield is beneficial.
I mean why starve them? It's not that much more effort to put a bit of worm castings once a week or garden tone every couple weeks. Mix a bit of a good one part once a week.
Those aren't near done and look to be struggling due to lack of nutrients.