LoveGrowingIt
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I tend to write it as "a few leaves at a time" (or something like that) because it's hard to describe what I do. The idea, however, is to contrast the slow removal of leaves with removal of as much as a third or more of the plant at once, which is likely to be much more stressful and can even kill a plant. At the end of the day, defoliation is a learned skill that involves reading the plant, experience, growing style and what the grower wants to achieve.