There is no need for taking away leaves,,,,,,,,,,( if you do regular LST)
The Fanleaves feed the Plant.... give her energy-
If you take it away you just stunt the Plant in growth
you have all time you want to do training on her, because its aphotoperiod plant.....
If i do concentrated training on a plant it takes me up to 9 week ,
If iam then fine with her growth and structure i change to 12/12
that is the fun part of growing photperiods,,, you can do it as you want
It took me nearly a yeasr of growing until i found my own style ( number of colas, technics i use)
and just try things...... and you get feedback from the plant
I learn alot in every grow