Amnesia Haze and Lambs Bread Autos

I got my plants ready for harvest, but not soon enough apparently. I researched that defoliation/leaf should be done at the time you start flushing to expose lower buds to direct light. I couldn't figure out why all the IG auto pics I saw they looked trimmed. So I gave both ladies a trim. I also discovered some bud rot on my Amnesia Haze! 😭 I picked it all off. I left the fan off too many times, and now looking back, when I put it outside its in an area with very poor air flow. The branches are stubby and theres bud all down them, so they dank. I can see how moisture would cause rot like that. Lesson learned. The hard way!! Lost a few good grams. I've been thinking a lot about my next grow. Between topping or cleaning up my LST technique and being more stingey about the environment. I'm going to run an 18:6 or 20:4 light schedule next time. So I wont have to feel so bad for running a fan ALL the time. I want to top. But the lambs breath worries me with how it responded to defoliation; unless that was completely my fault because I did it too late. Anyways. They are looking sweet as is and we can only go up from here.