Advice for first time grower :)

delete

 

Buds don't need light but the leaves do so I'd leave them on. Barely enough leaves as it is.

 

Your leaves are like a solar panel for your plant while there green.
Once there's "no" green I pluck mine.

 

I dunno what your feeding them but it sure looks like it is getting too much nitrogen

 

First thing I noticed was the very dark green and said too much N. I thought that it was just reflection coming off the leaves. A lot of it is, but there does appear to be something on the leaves. WPM, foliar spray residue or something else. I wouldn't trim anything off above the first 8-12". And the only reason I would trim them is to keep the low ones away from the soil, the pot or another plants vegetation. The less access for bugs to get to the plant, the better.

 

I would cut the leaves in the center of the plant let some air thru there