Defoliation

possibly, but becareful as nothign will grow back at this point, eh? Always a guess about that unless it's a clone of a photo. here's a few rules i follow. Leave at least 1-2 per node. Never more than 1/3rd in a sitting and time to heal after. Have a reason.. what is it helping? Start there and pick a leaf to cut off, not the other way around. Find the reason, then cut. (simplified, but have to think about multiple sites to avoid cutting all leaves off 1 node instead of spreading it out to accomplish same goal) Just trying to provide local ATP to nodes deeper into canopy. Think solar panels, not bud sites themselves, they are just nearby. LEaves produce ATP that powers cellular biology and it's more efficient if it's a close by leaf rather than trucked in via phloem.