Hey @MAK1 Hope your having a good day.I am not good a trimming and training, all that. Those lower buds need to be plucked for two reasons. The plant has a limited amount of energy and it splits the energy equally between all the flowers. Plucking those larfy lower growths focuses growth into the upper parts of the plant. The other benefit of pinching off those lower buds is this stimulates additional growth hormones. There is probably a recommended rate to remove them, maybe every week or two?
My GSC is right behind yours and is busting to be harvested. I am thinking about light deprivation for 36-48 hours pre-harvest. For your GSC plunged into darkness for 36, what were they like afterwards compared to prior.
Tric's naturally swell.
Led's degrade the tric's
If you deprive them of light the trics swell to their natural capacity.
Frosty Frosty Frosty.
Stay safe
Bill