To prune or not to prune?

I would keep them and train them all the same like the other branches, they will do well if you keep the plant happy and healthy. I grew out my Blue Cindy from g13 labs like this and she rewarded me very well indeed. Good Luck & Happy Growing!

Each one of those inner branches will grow just like the main branch. When your plant switches to flower each one of those inner branches will turn into bud sites. So I would say keep them. Good luck and Happy Growing

You really do not need to take anything. Why do all that hard work and then defol..all sites are exposed, you've done a good job of her. Any leafs that do overlap any bud sites, either tuck them under the bud or fold them back on themselves or under something. Defol is something I did a lot of in the beginning. And really, it's not needed, I do as little as I can. Lollipop and tuck and make a even canopy. I top autos, I'm going to give the norm a go and do more LST. It's more work but wanna c is there really a big difference. I know they are more pic appealing but quanity I think not. I'm not sure about quality, y I'm trying next. But yeah, she's even and nice. No need to be messing with any of her energy drawing leafs. Good luck

You definitely can prune those out, if you want. Is it advisable? Not really, to be honest. Like the others have said, those are going to push buds once it starts flowering. That's the reason why people train and use sog/SCrog methods: to produce more bud sites that have as much light as they need. An even canopy is important on indoor grows. I hope this helped. Good luck!

You did all that LST and now you want to get rid of the bud sites you've developed? Why?!? Leave them alone - you'll be VERY glad you did!! Nice job on the LST btw.... Good luck!