First Grow - Purple Hulk Auto Fem

Possible second to last week flowering running into week 9. The buds are coming out of every corner. some are small and some are large. I tried a variety of methods when I starting this grow so seeing the final results will definitely help me with my next grows. 10/6(day 58) -did minor defoliation on some of the plants. Im still not 100% on this tactic but I notice a lot of people on this website doing it successfully. 10/7(day 59) - plants are chugging along... I will say the buds are growing nicely but I haven't noticed any purpling yet. 10/9(day 62) - Lollipopped HULK D and did minor defoliations on other plants to expose to the lights -I lowered the lights to hopefully faten the colas up a bit more. 10/10(day 63) -HULK B started out the strongest and looks to be finishing in flowering the fastest as well but it has the least amount of actual bud on the overall plant. It has a lot of small buds and one giant beautiful main cola . did I say beautiful? I mean loooook at those trichomes 😍