warn601answered grow question 4 years ago First thing is move them to a bigger pot, bag or whatever you use brotherman. Next thing is I, myself do not de-fol unless air and/or light does not penetrate thru the branches. If you look at mine, I have mine fimmed, topped and lst, tied down. When you have plants that have a nice node spacing or stretched, those big fan leaves are great for the plant. Different story for a squat, bushy plant. If it was mine I'd transplant and begin lst when they recovered a day or 2.Now that's me.