Mataro blue 17 days since first flowering signs.. defoliated at day 12 are the buds to small? Help!

Hy there. I am new to growing and i'd like to read as much ppl's opinion as possible because i am a bit disappointed about how big did buds get so far.. I veged those plants for 8 weeks now its been 17 days since first flowering signs.. how do they look? should they be bigger? When looking at the picture a branch may look filled up but its not... THe top of the branches have those heads u can see and there are small flowers all the way bottom to half branch but not a single one did reach an upper internode so the branch is still visible between every single flower(node) On the pics u can mostly see main colas!!

I am of the belief that you should try to KEEP all of your leaves ON the plant. I also believe they should be kept green and healthy all the way to harvest. The leaves are where the plant gets its "energy" and stores it's food. Why would a person want to take that away? I'll never understand. The leaves power bud production.

Below is a pic of a clone at 23 days of 12/12 so about 2 weeks of actual budding. No leaves have been removed.

im readin blogs and grows where ppl uses the method of defoliation to increase bud production... but in my case i think i've gonetoo far too soon... does that mean i'll get a bad yield ? or the flowering will take longer? can i catch up ?

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