Advice on defoliation/LST - getting too chaotic here

Hello Blaze, Being the size that they are and how short they are, I would suggest using LST with some clips to not necessarily expose the inner working to light, but to jolt them into action. However, they are very uniform, and very compact it may behoove you to let them grow naturally for the time being until a dominate branch tries to assert itself. When it does appear, you can top and try to create a manifold, LST to limit the amount of stress and recovery time, or a combination of the two. For instance, in my current grow I am in transition from veg to flower and using a SCROG net. To maintain a semi even canopy I use LST or even clips to bend the branches about 90 degrees and remove once the stretch is over. Whatever you do use clean tools and consider how hard the material is you are using during LST. Many a time I have partaken of my own fruits and tied down a branch, only to find it a week later super cropped and growing around the string. Finally, if doing LST and moving your ladies in and out of your tent to possibly feed etc. be careful of your tie downs and how taught the line is, again from experience I've broken multiple cola's by unintentionally judo chopping the line while moving a pot. Id suggest possibly yarn, with a slip knot in a bright color so it's hard to miss, and never bend a branch that doesn't want to be bent. Over the course of a night or a day it may super crop itself before growth stops. I hope this helps!