I'm almost in the 3rd week of flowering and yesterday I stupidly defoliated a lot of leaves to let more light reach the buds, then I read that it can be harmful. I removed 80% of the leaves, is that really bad? Will I have less yield? This is my first grow. Thanks!
Removing 80% of the leaves in one go is considered bad id say yes, its gonna cause stress most likely and need some time to recover, it will likely hurt yield in that regard but still, looking at the pics, it looks like it has an okay amount of leaves still around, so im thinking itll be fine once it gets past the initial stress if any. Hope the grow goes well nonetheless mate! :)
Thanks for your reply, bro. I first removed only 2-3 leaves, then waited 3 days and removed another 6-7 leaves. After 4 days, I ended up removing almost 80%. I've seen so few leaves like this in the forum, so I'm worried :/