hey monkey what may seem as a nothing leaf pluck to you is actually HST for the plant, but sort of clearing the undercarriage leads to fatter buds, the main idea is not to shock your plant too much after all the more light energy the leaves absorb the more energy the plant has to make flowers right? another more fool-proof way to get better results is to prune the flower nodes that you can tell will make popcorn buds just one or two levels on the biggest branches and it will help the plant buff up real nice. you dont want to pluck leaves that will turn into branches down the line ! good luck bro ! 🚀