this is a contentious issue in the community actually I'm on the fence about it. Folks (like me!) That don't recommend defoliation during flower use the logic that when you pluck leafs off and the plant is flowering the plant will split it's attention between making new leafs and making new flowers. Folks that say go for it think that light exposure will promote flower growth. What I say is that defoliation for us is actually HST for the plant, overdoing it will shock her and this isn't fantastic . Another thing you might not have thought about which I do think is a good thing to do is to remove the bottom one or two flower nodes with a razor blade . These bottom buds won't turn out that great anyway , so when you remove them the plant ends up focussing on the remain top buds and this does increase yield and also it's quality yield. Hope this helps ! 🚀