AsNoriuanswered grow question 4 years ago Your photos don't show bottom of plant even in diary . One thing for sure - if you made defoliation, you made it right, all top leaves still here. You have to keep first two fully mature fan leaves set, anything else fully matured under them can be clean out.
There is so many misunderstandings in defoliation, half of growers do it, despite the structure of plant being already too stretched and airy/lanky.