8 Plants 3x3 Coco + Drip 2nd Grow

Hello Hisec, You only want to defoliate for the 3 reasons as mentioned below. 1. Leaves are stacked on eachother and moist can not escape from between those leaves. 2. Leaves are blocking airflow. 3. Large leaf on top does block a lot of light for the plant below. Other than these 3 reasons defoliation will always decrease yield. Just study your plants and check if you got one of the 3 problems listed above. If yes then you should defoliate that leaf. Happy Growing Buddy! 💚

I would not go heavy on defoliation ever. But you are looking a little bushy in there. I would just remove anything that does not look as healthy and is covering bud sties, But don't go more than like 5-10 percent. week 2 of flower is kind of the latest when you want to do this. I would not lollipop anything with a stem thicker than trellis net at this stage. but removing a fan leaf here and there may be better than going in and cutting a bunch at once. maybe start with a few lollipop and a few days later go up top and remove a few old fan leaves

Needing heavy defoliations are an urban myth. always have a good reason to remove a leaf. if you constantly have overcrowded areas, then don't overcrowd them in the future. That is a choice.