I flipped to a 12/12 light schedule at the beginning of the week and within 48 hours I had pre flowers forming. Since she's starting flowering I'm not expecting much from the stretch portion so I'm stopping LST and allowing the scrog net to do its job and let her build some nice stalks hopefully for some long colas. I'm still doing light defoliation as leaves grow over tops or overcrowd space to help keep the canopy as even as possible. Smell is still very minimal at this point but expecting it to ramp up over the next week or so.
Should I remove the dead part of the leaves? Specifically remove the brown parts of the leaves and leave the green part to save them for trim? If so how could I go about removing them without getting brown crumbles everywhere?