You want to defoliate to remove all the lower branches, and inner leaves. The goal is to maximize airflow and allow more light to reach lower budsites. I usually top my plants, early in week 3 of veg, and then wait another 2 weeks before I hack em. When the plant is in Veg you can do a lot of pruning to redirect energy without a lot of risk. Once in flower, you have to be more prudent and only prune sparingly. You will learn as you go, and get a hang o
Yes I'll take the lower branches/suckers off, when I see the word defoliate I picture a plant thats been robbed of its leafs top to bottom.
I didn’t mean strip all the leaves just the fan leaves on the areas where the sites they goto are already an inch to 2. Not we’re the leaves at bud sites are small