Can I defoliate as I please first few weeks of flo...

Erm depends do you want too stress your girls in the flower stage ? personally I find it tempting fate when it comes to herms. So I don't do it at all after I flip. I use netting to spread the plant out move it rather than cut it. depending on how you have trained her. she will shed the crappy leaves herself she knows what she needs and she knows what she can do without. Alot of growers will say you can defoliate right up to 6 weeks flower. though I have never done it myself if the buds are getting light thats all i care about and if you have a some what level canopy and under canopy. You willl get proper light distribution and evenly sized colas the right way through. At the end of the day everybody grows differently and its very hard to get the that even canopy in my experience so if you want to defoliate my closest advice would be no more than 3 weeks into flower then you seriously end up stressing your lady. though this is dependant on the type of defoliation you are doing if its just fan leaves then you can take them off at any stage if you wish. bottom branches and bud sites are really where you would stress her to a point she may slow down on you or try to make seed instead of bud.