Well strain is a strain. It can be a nugget or a fist size bud, if grown properly the bud quality will be the same. Defoliation is the practice of creating as much light to each individual bud site, no more week airy buds and no more larfy trash that you really don't even wanna trim. Give Defoliation a shot and see what you think, not going to be all that helpful on a Sativa dominate plant other than keeping it shorter as sativas are usually less leafy anyhow. Remember the droop theory, anytime a plant leaves droop, she's telling you she's not happy about something and it's usually because water is depriving it from air and then you get them odd ununiformily yellowing leaves or blotches.