Dam looks like you got all the lights from the garage n basement there lol yea you shouldn't have pulled those fan leaves them are the solar panels that power ur plant n produce the buds some fan leaves can come of near the end but the last few weeks is when they plump n they need them leaves
^^^ exactly... You can tuck them down and behind the buds. The fan leaves are food that your plant needs to thrive. Cutting them off also causes stress to your plant which lowers your yield as well. Live and learn
You can cut 1/3 of the fans leafs on the plant at a time and your plant will be fine. Do not take them all off ever, but some is fine.
I trim my fan leaves off later in flower to allow deeper penetration and it doesn't "stress" them that bad. A lot of you guys on here give advice like you're expert growers and you most likely have limited experience. Yes plants need their leaves, is it going to absolutely detrimental to prune some off for further penetration? Hell no. You're fine OP.
I trim mine as well right when I flush and over the next week or two of flushing I just take some everytime most of the shitty trimming is done on plant and dose not affect my yield at all the plant is dying anyway Not worried about stress the last week or two of flower lol these bitches get babied there whole lives Space lol man I feel ya I watch threads and see some bad info going around bed way I've found to see what people know just check there threads real quick and look at there plants that will tell you everything about the grower in the end it's all in the plant what people know or don't know Sent from iPhone 5