Trimming during flowering?

[Aquaponic_Dumme]

Absolutely not.

Defoliation in flower

NO! You should not. The fan leaves have a purpose and will die off in late flower by them selves.

Defoliation of plants

So… just to get it straight, you cut the mature, well developed leaves, that can handle a lot of light, and sacrifice that for under-developed leaves that can’t uptake the light, stunting the photosynthesis process, and somehow that helps the plant grow? There’s two sides to the article, and I don’t the Mother Nature is on the wrong side. Smaller leaves alone won’t help the plant grow, with respect to “Shade Avoidance”. Leaves are the lungs of the plant. It takes in CO2, uses the Ca…