BigCube
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Fwiw. Indoor I prune. I wouldn't call it defoliation only to help with air flow and light penetration.
Outdoor I really cannot see any benefit to it. Airflow and light are not really a concern.
Personally I don't buy into the theory that plants divert more energy to other bud sites. I mean plant processes happen and as long as there are adequate nutrients etc for those processes I can't see any reason there would be a change.
To me that's no different than saying giving your plant more nutes will make it grow bigger buds. A healthy plant does not divert more energy than it normally does.
I get the tomatoe reference but also fail to see how it applies to cannabis.
Pruning and defoliation are different. I do agree that selective pruning may increase yeilds by allowing better light penetration and airflow. But I also feels this mostly applies to indoor and would not be a concern so much with outdoor
The published peer reviewed scientific research disagrees with you. Sorry.