Beedoganswered grow question 4 years ago Keep doing it till until you don’t fell comfortably doing it anymore the more you open up the canopy the better I adjust ever few days at start of week 6 now and the plant still bends just have to be more careful I wouldn’t defoliate anything now till the stretch stops then just light defoliation to open up lower bud sights I’ll probally stop lst week 7 and only one light defoliation when stretching stops prob be about end of this week week 6 hope this helps