Check it out, I'm doing LST, I need to remove the big leaves so they don't get in the way of the new buds, right? Any other recommendations? The girls are 17 days old.
Question is not clear. My remarks would be to continue lst, the more horizontal you grow the plant in vegging then let her rise up in flowering will provide a bigger yield. More bush style plant. Defoliation heavy in vegging is only time to do it where plant will make more leaves. So grannie you need to research growing more please. Hopefully I helped or got close. Can always dm me. 👍
I guess I'm not understanding here... you're doing LST because you need to defoliate? At her age, I would LST but I wouldn't defoliate at all until she gets to flowering stage... She needs those big leaves to grow the bud sites! When she gets to flowering, THEN you can uncover the bud sites and let them take off... Take a look at my #2 Bruce Banner and you'll see what I mean. growdiaries.com/diaries/154058-grow-journal-by-growinggrannie
The only other thing I would suggest is to simply tuck those big leaves under - don't get rid of them - just tuck them away!
Good luck!