Defoliation hesitation
We went on vacation all last week, and when we came back my plant was like 30% taller and started flowering. Lots of bud sites and I'm excited. First thing I did was pull some of the lower fan leaves, tiny bud sites, and suckers, but I didn't want to over do it since I also did some super cropping (one of these days I'll plan ahead enough to try a scrog set up and not just default to super crop cuz it's cheap quick and easy). I ended up breaking one of the bigger top branches at its shoulder, and tried to tie it back together (couldn't find tomato tape, couldn't find twist ties, just went with string )
So, yea - just when I was saying I was going to stop pulling for the day because I didn't want to over stress her is when the break happened and I stressed her way more than planned. Luckily she seems to have handled it well and seems just as bushy as before. Which brings me to the reason for the post.
She's obviously got more leaves than we'll need in the end. And it's a sativa that likes to take it's sweet time, so I want to do a considerable amount of defol to get air flow and try to avoid mold through October. But I'm feeling very unsure about where and/or when to start defoliating. How heavy should each trimming be, vs how many to spread it out over. (Should I pull the fan leave from the bottom 3rd of the plants today, I feel like she's still using them?)