Hindu Kush - First Grow

I don't think it's time to defoliate. You can still see the medium through the plant, there aren't that many leaves and the plant is still on the smaller side. Just a few big fanleaves, but she needs them to power her growth. Hence, I'd say wait. You'll probably get a full bush in a week or 2 and then it's time to defoliate.

Very nifty... Way to think outside the box dude.. Looks pretty good to me as long as the bud sites are getting the light I wouldn't worry too about defoliation unless you like tidier clean up for the harvest.. Lots of low light nodes don't waste energy and simple get abandoned by the plant as she is a hell of a lot better at saving energy then we give her credit for.. Your biggest hurdle to fat yields is your led light..

Could be light burn from ur grow light being only 8 inches away. I know its lower watt but still 8 inches seems rather close to me. I'd back the light off to like 12 inches. Make sure to check ur mediums ph after u water with 6ph solution. Ur ph could be off causing ur necrosis. Happy growing and stay lit fam.

Your buds pistols are fox tailing. Good sign of being ready. Also you got a bit of amber there. The more amber the more couch lock effect so you wanna range the cloudy from amber to get the ratio you want. 50% amber 50% cloudy or how ever you would like it. Its def there man.