Hello, friend! Perform defoliation no more than once a week, and make sure that at least 2/3 of the large developed leaves remain on the plant. Only remove leaves that have already developed and will not grow any further! Try not to remove everything indiscriminately, but only the foliage that obstructs light from reaching the new growth points and the plant's internodes! At a time, you can remove 1/3 of all the large leaves on the plant! But no more than 1/3 (30%)!!! 👆
Leaves act as batteries for the plant's flowers and new shoots, so the large leaves are also necessary for the plant; they are never superfluous for the plant. Moreover, the plant expects to have them until it decides to shed them itself!
Good luck, friend! ✊😇