^with a stupid answer like that, i bet you get high off lawn clippings.
@MADnuggi - that is my thoughts on it. im only chopping a few small leafs here and there. i have a little bit of an overcrowding issue going on and i want light to penetrate further through the plants canopy. i can not LST them at this point and even if i could i would still opt to chop a few leafs off. i need to rearrange every plant in the tent and make sure there is even light distribution so with out chopping a few off here or there is see no other way for light to penetrate. the older lower fan leafs are usually the first to go. then and little leafs that may interfere. im looking for maximum flower development and not a shit load of leafs to trim off in the end. i do know that leafs serve a vital roll in plant and bud production, however so does light and fresh ventilation. and i do not think that more leafs will make up if i am lacking in either of those other departments. so fuck it! im chopping what i feel is needed. like i have said a million and ten times already, this is not my first grow and i do know that a few leafs aint going to affect my overall yield. i do think that if i leave too many leafs on it WILL effect my overall yield. so, basically i agree with ya. its funny how i can ask a question and 20 ppl will say "No" but with no scientific backing for their answers. and the people the say "Yes" always explain why. i just can not grasp that ideology!!