Check out this thread. It shows a grower who goes from seed to harvest with minimal defoliation.
There are others of course but this thread is rather short and concise with lots of photos and doesn’t get sidetracked from the grow. Lots of defoliators have amazing grows as well. I have seen people strip ALL of the foliage down to stems only to see the plant grow back a ton of leaves. In all honesty I think it defeats the whole idea of saying the plant can focus its energy on growing buds. If it has to grow back 100 leaves as well then where is the energy savings. That said they still get a lot of product. I see it as proof the cannabis plant has amazing resiliency and we cant really screw it up too bad.
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