Pre-flip defoliating?

doing it early just means you have to do it a second time in a 2-3 weeks. time it with the last ~14 days of growth after lights flip. For my genetics, they typically stop growing by day 21 after lights change. So, 7-10 days in i defoliate. Not enough time to grow ginormous leaves up top again, but enough time to develop some to power bud developement in that area.

Hey buddy :-) you can cut the lower shoots so that all the power arrives at the top 😎👍

Hello.. Hope you are well.. Because she is not large in height i wudnt trim her any more.. Personally i wud leave all leaves on unless they showing signs of fatigue(old n dulling out/yellowing).. Any trimming will force her to stretch.. At most i wud take afew leaves from lower centre just to help air pass thru her easier n help keep potential bud sites cool.. Stay safe n gud luck.. 👍🍀

I will give answer to this one too! 😂 I would defo lot harder at this point if your plants don't seem to mind a little stress. You can take a lot more from the bottom and maybe take few of the biggest leaves on top that are covering lower sites. At this point your plant will produce a lot of new leaves and the ones that stays in are getting bigger so you can remove quite a bunch with no problem! When you do the 21 day defo then you should remember that the plant wont grow anymore new leaves and you don't want to take too much anymore 'cos the plant needs the leaves tho.