RQ Northern Lights...would you defoliate a little?

For a size reference, that main cola is 11" tall just where it is flowering. The plant is 35" Tall in total from the surface of the coco coir.

Why ...such a shame! ............. to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/de-leaf-or-not.28321/

Better to bend or LST the fan leaves out of the way if anything at all. Just my opinion.....

When humans were still playing the monkey, 100,000 years ago, plant didn't need a hand ripping leaves, but I do suspect a dinosaur or a relative did try to rip...?

i use the motto, "if you can't tuck em, pluck em." i always do a lot of trimming. you can still trim with no problem. i spread out trimming. cutting too much at any one time can cause a lot of stress. you're kinda late into flower, it looks like. i begin tying down in flower, but you may be too far along. the later in flower you wait to tie down, the slower the response. if i tie down at lights on, before lights off, they're already facing straight up by the end of 12 hrs. but this is within the first week or so of flower. i seldom tie down after say, 2 weeks in.

She is LST'd already, all the way around.
I will leave her be I guess.