How Do I Prevent New Growth On Bottom of Plant

first grow, into day 59 of flower. most of the plants continue to grow new branches towards the bottom and Im sure its taking away water/nutes from my main branches. is there anyway to prevent this? I'm probably explaining it improperly so ill attach a pic. i wanna focus on pic #1 and prevent pic #2.

thx

lollipopping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zuV_qKcYY

just keep a pair of scissors handy and clip off any new little shoots...its not too hard

its ok to cut them off during flower? my buddy told me it shocks them and they might hermie.

Shit genetics can hermy from stress, good genetics generally won't. I've alwys used stable genetics and abued the living shit out of my plants, they do just great on the whole

lol, ok thanks guys. i just cut about 3-4 off of 3 plants. they have little small nugs on them, nickel to quarter sized.. can i use for hash or anything or just toss? got about 16 plants and they all have about 3-4 branches that can be cut, so its a lot of little early stage flowering nugs. thanks again.