What do i do with yellow and dying leaves.

I have alot of leaves that are turning yellow as a result of a nute lockout or deficiency. anyway there are alot and im wondering what to do with them. just leave them or cut em off?

ps. the buds are smaller than they appear in the pics. I still have leaf tips curling down. and purple stems. yellow leaves at top and bottom instead of bottom. Im thinking i have a nute lockout due to a very high pH (7.4)that im slowly bringing down. Any help??

7.4 isn't all that high, it's a bit above neutral, which would be 7..

what are you feeding them?? yellowing of leaves usually signals a lack of nitrogen ime.. if your'e feeding them bloom nutes, that could be the problem as a lot of bloom nutes run low nitrogen doses..
you could try and feed them a nice organic tea with some worm castings and or high nitrogen bat guana and see how they respond..

Blood meal too..bubbled overnite. It high N be careful.

if leaves do not come off with a gentle tug i leaves them. when the plant is done with a leaf it will take what it wants and then weaken the stem to drop it itself. if its not at that point the leaf wont come off.

If a leaf is pure yellow at the tips, but half the leaf near the back is green I'll cut the yellow off with scissors. If the whole leaf yellows evenly, I wait until it looks almost white or really really yellow and then its just a little tug.

nice budding though