Never give up on a plant until it is laying dead on the soil. They are very hardy plants and recover from almost anything you can do to them while they are still alive. The number of leaves as stated earlier have nothing to do with the overall health or quality of the plant.i got smoe clones from a friend of mine and all the leafs only have 3 not 5. is this grow a bust or keep going. the plants are about 16'' tall