trimming leaves natural VS scrog whats the differents

[Hick]

teddy... the cuts will 'always' have the exact same propensity to hermie that their donor/mother has.

 

[Oldtyme]

Soooooooo....... it's ok to trim a few leaves here & there?
I ask because I have some sort of indica type plant (I dunno....this is it's 3 - 4th generation...smells like lemons) and with my new light it's growing like a mad dog. Big fat leaves. I did a little bit of LST to it & it did fine....I even took the tie-down off & she stayed put, but the big fat leaves are definitely blocking a lot of light down low.
Thanks