Who let the dogs out!?

Go for it and I would advice you to hang a scrog net over the plants in a few weeks to fill out the grow space even more evenly. In flowering time you have to watch out for mold because if canopy is so full aircirculation is pretty important, so Defoliation and fans are required. Good luck. ✌️🏻🌱

Hi @BigBadLion! Nice plants in here! I also went through this kind of issue, and ended up putting a scrog-net above my canopy, in order to open up everything and increase light penetration. However this will work only if you have enough space left. That being said, from my experience with RQS, their strains seem really strong, I do believe you can remove most of the leaves without stressing the plants too much, that's what I did with my last OGKush run, because I had no other choice buds were hidden in shades, this didn't stop the plant from building big dense colas. Hope this will help, keep us updated and happy growing! 👊

Ive seen similar things in my grow normally where I've cut a stem out last off and left a bit of cut a bit off to test smoke. Sometimes you get them around the lower buds or smaller ones that have been attached to a bigger bud above them if you know what I mean. I guess it could be down to air flow or heat? Or lack of fresh air or co2? Or just stress or damaged plants?