Very Low Yield..

It's not genetic. You pull off all the fan leaves and leave giant holes in your canopy, yield will be very low.

and the reason you shouldn't use 5.8pH in soil is because it will uptake aluminum, which is no good for the plants.

lol.. I saw u fight with someone else about defol..im not wasting my time.. vertical growers know wats up.. im going by experience.. not by something I read.. especially since no1 has done a REAL side by side.. on this subject... so your so called PROOF is BS..

Those gaps in the canopy are a clear indicator that yield is low specifically because of lack of canopy coverage.

What do you think those leaves are for?

defoliation always decreases yield the only reason I could see to do any removal would be to get rid of popcorn on the bottom of the plant after a week or so of flower. But no big fan leafs from the canopy.