MtRainDog
Blümen Meister
The problem with admin over there is he acts like what he says is set in stone, you're an idiot and a noob if you defoliate, that there is no other way except his. Total crap. Just like @F series showed us, you can heavily defoliate and still get great results. It may have been @Artisan_tek over there that pointed out that removing fans from lowers, that will be removed anyway, encourages the cola to grow more. I believe this to be true as well IME and is a useful tactic during veg to train the plant.