I grow my plants, trees, and other plant material based on its natural state, what it’s indigenous to. Having said that most cannabis (excluding equatorial) matures during much less intense light due to the sun being lower on the horizon and MUCH shorter days.
Fruit does not need light to ripen. Leaves provide the carbos, the nutrients which are then transferred via the phloem.
Those who pound the defoliation butchering drill seem to not understand that it’s leaves that produce flower/fruit. If I was a betting man I’d say they have also never grown fruit trees or had a vineyard over a period of time. Fruit ripens deep inside of trees whether it be tropical like avocados or mangos or pome like apples or peaches.
This is all about science, and as my good friend says KEEP THE LEAVES ON!
Uncle Ben