Of course it's not just defol that produces a plant like this, but without the defol she would NOT have weighed 10 zips.
how you can say that with such certainty im not sure,, did he do a side by side with a non defoliated plant ?
grown in hydro with lots of space like that under a 600 you would expect pretty good results without,,, maybe that guy is bang on the money with they way he grows,, for me it doesnt help,,
looks alot like serious or magus's genetics that girl