Did I defoliate the right amount?

[Rik]

I just defoliated my Sour Diesel three weeks after the flip to 12/12. Did I take the right amount off? Did I take too much? Any other opinions or advice?

Here’s a before and after.

This is a Sour Diesel from Crop King, grown in FFOF soil, using Fox Farm nutes.

[TOKABIGONE]

yeah Rik you took a lot of leaves that would have been used by the plant for energy for bud growth so they may not fatten as much as possible. Good looking colas tho!

[Rik]

Damn that’s really disappointing, I was trying to go off of the main site’s tutorial advice to remove almost all of the fan leaves.

[Rik]

Will it grow any additional fan leaves in the next few weeks?

[Rik]

I’m feeling a little better about this now after reading and re-reading this article:

https://www.growweedeasy.com/nebulas-flowering-stage-defoliation-tutorial

especially this photo from that page. It doesn’t look that different from mine in terms of the amount of foliage left on.

[Ckbrew]

I bet they grow out with huge colas. Just pamper them with care and lots of light.

[Rik]

Thanks Ckbrew