Defoliate or cut ? i don't know

Why dont you just leave it alone? The left plant has faster bud development because the stressnis forcing it to finish earlier and you will have a smaller overall yield on that plant. The plant need its leaves

Hi @Ivory it is best to remove everything under the net for the buds above to gain strength, you can also do some defoliation on some larger leaves at the top of the plant that are doing more shade. The secret of defoliation is to do it slowly and little by little, you can do it in 3 phases, intervals every 5 days to see how the plants react, so as not to stress and flowering is delayed. good luck mate 🙏👍

Lollipop it’s flowering the lower branches won’t get enough light check out how to lollipop on YouTube

I would start by defoliating completely ,im not a very experienced grower but from what iv seen and it make sense is that shes gonna used energy to keep the lower grow going and alllll that energy over weeks could have been use to grow tops instead ,I guess if u press everything it could be better leave it ?

its really up to you. there is wasted energy from anything under your trellis. if you want to defoliate go ahead and strip anything under the trellis. this will let air under your canopy.

}i would get rid of everything under the net.