Better growth with light on buds or fan leaves?

Somethings been bouncing around in my head and I haven't had luck with the search function... i'm working in a tight space and I have to shuffle the buds and the fan leaves around to make sure everything gets light whenever i rotate the plants (daily). Sometimes it's either the fan leaves or it's the buds that gets the most light, especially in the middle of the cab where the plants overlap a lot. Does it make a difference what gets more light? I've been tucking the fan leaves under and making sure all the buds get the bulk of the direct light and now i'm second guessing that approach.

Next grow I'll shape them better, but at this point i see this as a good problem =)

tl;dr - Do buds need direct light themselves or are they the product of the work that the fan leaves do when they are in direct light?

The fan leaves and leaves in general are what take in the light... not the buds. Well, maybe a little but not merely as much as leaves.

Hello friend. Every living creature needs energy to live, develop and grow. For most living creatures the most important energy source is sugar (glucose). Green plants are the only ones capable of producing these sugars themselves. These sugars are produced from water, which is being absorbed through the roots and carbon dioxide, which is being absorbed from the air. In order to make sugar out of these matters, the plant needs light. This process takes place in the green pigment, (chloroplasts) and is called; photo synthesis. (photo=light, synthesis=produce, therefore photo synthesis means; produce through light). The plant absorbs light through its leaves and the flowers, the majority through the leaves, so best to let the plant position itself and try to avoid manipulating it in an unnatural way.

Hope this helps.

its not just light but light intensity that helps low level light makes airy buds where as lots of light make denser buds but leaves and flowers need light to survive

Some pictures will help.

I'm rotating each plant a 1/4 turn each day and swapping them left and right about once a week. You can see in the middle that there's a lot of overlap which got my wheels turning in the first place.

I see what you're saying though and I'll try to keep it as even as possible.

Thanks for clearing that up for me =)