To defoliate or not?

Your girls are very nice, you did loads of work already, give them few weeks to bulk up and then stress last time. You will open all bud sides then , leaves are not so important at the end. You missed first window on day 14-20 of flower ... Let her grow ! ;)) All the Best !

Thank you buddies 💚 awesome people here

I'd say that's a good plan to help with air flow. Rule of thumb, don't remove anything smaller then the palm of your hand. and only do it to increase airflow and light penetration. Its not always needed but in your case I would say yes. Best of Luck and Happy Growing

And don’t worry.. entering 4th week - you’re in no way behind on bud swell.. the next 2 weeks you should see the mass being put on

Looks really good man, if it were me, I’d probably take down a couple of the biggest fan leaves that are blocking bud sites but nothing crazy.. But you could also leave as is if your environmentals are on point and plenty of airflow and exchange, you’ll be good. I’m not often an advocate for defoliation but here it’s getting quite tight.. if you do go ahead and do it, he sparing.