You could, but it may negatively impact yield. Some people do it and it works out just fine. If you tuck leaves and/or LST then you may be able to get what you're looking for just doing that.
I try not to remove anything from an autoflower. There is people that do it, but the life of an auto is so short slowing it down to recover from things like defoliation could affect your yeild. Use as much lst as possible, tuck leaves under to allow light to center and lowers.
I don’t grow autos, but I’d suggest LST and tucking any leaves you can. If there’s leaves that are blocking key bud sites and you can’t tuck them away then maybe remove it, but you gotta make that call. If you’re gonna defoliate I’d pick a number of leaves per plant and stick to that. So if it’s no more than 6 leaves per plant, pick the 6 leaves that are blocking the most light or key bud sites and pull only those 6. I’ve done that with photos that are in flower. It keeps me from removing too much at once. Hope this helps
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You could, but it may negatively impact yield. Some people do it and it works out just fine. If you tuck leaves and/or LST then you may be able to get what you're looking for just doing that.
I try not to remove anything from an autoflower. There is people that do it, but the life of an auto is so short slowing it down to recover from things like defoliation could affect your yeild. Use as much lst as possible, tuck leaves under to allow light to center and lowers.
I don’t grow autos, but I’d suggest LST and tucking any leaves you can. If there’s leaves that are blocking key bud sites and you can’t tuck them away then maybe remove it, but you gotta make that call. If you’re gonna defoliate I’d pick a number of leaves per plant and stick to that. So if it’s no more than 6 leaves per plant, pick the 6 leaves that are blocking the most light or key bud sites and pull only those 6. I’ve done that with photos that are in flower. It keeps me from removing too much at once. Hope this helps