I have a variegated plant, but I won't be home for 10 days and I'm really considering letting them trim a few heavily variegated leaves to help with photosynthesis. I'm only on week 3, but she's an auto flower.
I would recommend to wait. Too early or too much could stress her during stretch.
The variegated leaves don't help much with photosynthesis, but they still provide some support. Anyway there is not much to trim, right?
Better to do a light cleanup yourself once you're back.😅