Ya down there in the dark they are just suckers that won't amount to anything. Take them off and let the plant focus on the top buds up in the light. You need to get water PH down to 6.
I add 1 table spoon of Apple cider vinegar to 7 L rain water to bring it down from 7 to 6.
https://www.growweedeasy.com/ph
I am prepping soil for next years organic grow already. A couple of weeks ago I was reading and came across a paper about hot soil. Soil that the microbial action was producing lots of nitrogen. And with nothing growing in this soil it can lead to an over abundance of Nitrogen in the soil that can burn plants. All I can tell you is that the clawing that I'm seeing in the picture looks to me like an over abundance of nitrogen issue. You may want to check out and save this link as well.