Thanks man! I feel it definitely helped, and I can see it being mandatory, especially in an indoor environment! No one wants microscopic dust particles hidden in their bud!
The big fan leaves were about a week and a half, maybe two before harvest. After that I started periodically pulling smaller water leaves from the branches as the week went on. I knew that doing too much at once could stress the plants, so I was tried to stretch it out a few days in between!
I was hoping that the buds would fatten more, but I think I was a little late in my attempts, due to the pole light causing problems with their dark cycle, and I felt like the trichomes we're all pretty good in color. Honestly, I was worried that the THC molecules would have been too degraded if I had waited to harvest for another week like I had originally planned!
And thank you for asking that question! I knew I was forgetting something in my post! 🤣🤣