Banana Purple Punch Auto

hi everybody )) The seventh week began, the girls stretched out across the entire box. I think everything is going well. 🎉 there is no more room on the sides, they are covered with very thick foliage, defoliation is definitely needed, but I’m thinking of doing in the third week of flowering, now I don’t want to stress them as they are forming buds. on the other hand, foliage causes high humidity and poor light penetration. on day 49 I did a decent defoliation, but nothing seemed to change on the plant. still dense and a lot of small lower branches witch do not receive light. but again, don't want stress them