"Books are not science they are opinions of the author not facts be your own judge try it for yourself before you claim things as fact based on someones opinion that eventually gets proven wrong or modified that is progress and how we have learned forever."
There are two kinds of books, actually. Fiction, which are the kind you believe in, and non-fiction, the kinds people like me read.
Google those words and open a brand new, shiny, open, and wonderful world for yourself. Some books are true!
There is a lot of work that goes into plant science, and you tell me its invalid, opinion? Dude, are you real? Really? Rrrrreally?
There are so many factors that can result in the pictures you post.
You see, a scientist considers factors, qualifies and quantifies them, and statistically proves that a null hypothesis is not possible. This is known as the scientific method.
What you do is the complete opposite. You say: do this (based on a picture) and you will get the result. It's your methodology that has been avoided for.... As long as real science has existed. You meet my resistance as a character that uninformed people who join this site look up to. You are a role model here LMFAO. You should help people, not mislead them! And that is really what you are doing! They don't know better, so off they go fertilizing seedlings with 1000W laying on them while they go plucking away those nasty leaves. With bag seed no less! LMFAO. No wonder the plant problems forum is by far the largest....
I tried to be open, and saw the validity of defoliation as a cultural tool that helps to shape a plant to a particular environment. I accept this. Why? It's as far as I can assume your methods are correct. Even that is scientifically risky. You provide nothing beyond pictures! The rest, I need to see proven. Your evidence stops there. You haven't been able to prove otherwise, so I can only assume you bought some really great genotypes from a breeder who, more than likely, doesn't go pulling leaves off his plants.
Now it's your turn to tell me about the fake world I live in. Go!
EDIT: those pictures are amazing. You can't prove to me EVER that they were the direct result of defoliation, but they are amazing.