I do defoliate the underside, stuff that’s growing to big under that cannopy as they spread out I just remove the inner fan leaves that have branches growing out with the next set of leaves to replace the one you cut off. Majority of my pruning happens 20+ days after flowering buds. I find removing too much does slow everything down. It’s best to remove in waves rather than a little here and there... until you get to flower then a little here and there is fine ;)
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