Chubby Gorilla! Peyote Gorilla Mainline

Hey growmies! Some problems this week. its week 3 Flower and our plant is still so small, the plant barely stretched so far, even though trichomes are already appearing in her leaves. so as a "Solution" I am trying extreme defoliation, also known as schwazzing, this involves removing most fan leaves. This technique has a lot of benefits and drawbacks, and those benefits are subject to scrutinization, often cited as "bro-science" This grow, I am experimenting, and this chubby little gorilla is too thiccc for her own good, so off the leaves came. What are the risks? She might herm on me, growing male parts due to the stress, she could also lock herself out and stunt her flowers, potentially even just wilt. Another problem arose, the Silic rock I use, clogs up both air stones and my hydro ring, I managed to catch that before any symptoms of oxygen shortage displayed itself, so I doubt this will affect her too much, it is fixed now. Check back next week to see whether or not she hermed, and if she didn't, lets see how those flowers react to receiving more light and air!