Defoliation of cannabis

Quite simply - "Maximum amount of healthy green leaves = maximum energy production = maximum growth" ........ which is maximum foliation. Removing too many leaves will reduce the amount of energy your plant can make, slowing growth and leading to potentially smaller growth. If your plant did not need the leaves, it would not grow them. It is best to only remove yellow leaves, for by the time they are yellow, they have served their purpose. Plants can not "direct" energy, all energy is used equally throughout the entire plant. Besides, where does this energy come from? The LEAVES! Just remember - fewer healthy leaves = less energy made = slower/smaller growth. This is basic plant biology 101 and is why defoliation as a technique is flawed. So, my advice is to leave the leaves, your plant needs them to make the energy she needs to grow her biggest and best flowers. Extensive training on photoperiod plants will not harm them and can lead to vastly increased yields, particularly with the lower branches. If growing indoors, having a flat canopy can work wonders, just as LST and even HST, can do with outdoors plants. Autos can benefit from LST, but do not like HST or any sort of pruning/topping. Some well considered light "lollipopping" about half way through veg and a final tidy up just as flowering commences, can save you from having to deal with small crappy buds. Hope this helps,........... Organoman.

Over-defoliating, you mean? Yes, that is very possible. In terms of over-foliating, the equivalent of that'd be like...not defoliating and feeding the plant excessive potassium, nitrogen and messing with the hormones so that it produces huge amounts of branches, leaves, nodes, but puny little flowers/fruits.

Yes lol without her fans your starving her of energy you will stunt them and they will struggle to flower and many other problems. every healthy fan you remove you are taking energy away from the plant which it could be using to grow faster stronger and ultimatly bigger buds :) I will add it does depend on what you want from your plants if your not really botherd about yield then yeah do what you want but if your like most and wanna get the biggest and best nugs then less defoliation is the key :)