Hi Blue! Way too much of a noob to help with the flowering predicament, but gosh she’s a fine looking girl.
I agree with your take on defoliation — you have to take it plant by plant obviously, but in nature, these buggers have to sometimes fight and crowd out others for light, and overproduce leaves to protect against whatever, and that doesn’t happen with indoor growing. I have overdefoliated before, probably we all have, but most plants seem to do better with fairly aggressive defo. My first plants, and my Fastbuds GSC, were blessed with a high leaf to bud ratio and needed lots of defo. My Dinafem on the other hand, maybe more sativa leaning?, had an almost perfect amount of leaves from the get go, I’m surprised if I’ve taken 20 from her and she’s a monster. I love growing!
Thanks DG!! ... She is a fine looking Lady ("she" better frikken be!! ) ... And i've been pleased with her shape and growth .. a lil stumpy perhaps, but i'm still dialling in the light for early starts ... seems like i could have got some better stretch by keeping the light right at the top of the tent. I'll give it a go next time ... see how leggy i can get her!
I've had other plants grow like this and they always seem to produce well in the end ... just lots of fat colas instead of a big tall one and some satellite buds!