defogliazione e lollippopinng

Defoliation can be used to accomplish different things at different points of your grow. If you're trying to grow a more symmetrical plant it can be used in veg to slow down overly aggressive branches. I find it useful when SCROGing a particularly leafy strain to eliminate humid zones and promote airflow. Powdery mildew loves leaf on leaf contact. In flower, sites that are unshaded with good airflow around them develop better than a shaded site near the main stem. Most of this gets corrected with LST of some type, but thoughtfully removing a leaf here and there can go a long way with a bushy plant. Not all strains react to defoliation the same. If you got a stretchy plant with few fans you should probably avoid it.