I don’t pluck anything Durring veg and that is because more bio mass = more surface area for photosynthesis = more nutrient pathways = more root mass.
I let it stretch and then once you get those little fluffy bud sites like clover flowers I lollipop it, cut and shoot that are thinner then a pen or don’t make it half way up the plant to canopy level. Then I defoilate to allow light into the bud sites.
Then the next defoilation you don’t need to do anything but defoilate, all the shoots, popcorn buds, and lower stuffs gone.
You get all solid bugs to more energy goes into your main buds.
I was scared at first to be as aggressive as I am now but in coco you can be aggressive, just remember you should still have fan leafs and leafs to keep the plant alive some people go way to far lol.