You're jumping to the wrong conclussions,
@Milf420
This plant have been heavily defoliated.. Everything below the top buds on each branch, have been cut off. If you zoom, you can easily see it.
- It didn't happen because the leaves fell off by themselves after turning yellow, it happened because the grower made a decision that they weren't needed. What you call waste, promotes bigger buds on the top of the plant, rather than smaller buds all over the plant.