AUTO DEFOLIATION **Experiment****

I would. Start removing a few really big leaves. Go slow. Once you are comfortable, remove a bit more. You are looking to open up the foliage a bit and allow new, more complex growth to dominate. Then you can do a fee big defoliations if you think it is working. There is a lit if discussion on the right times and how much. I don’t know. My last grow really responded well to this approach.

Looks like they are bouncing back nicely. Good immediate return growth. This is a critical turning point though. Let’s see if they manage to switch to flowering now. This was a risky time to go extreme, because it is just when the plant is about to switch. Too early to say until that happens. They all switch then it will be worth the experience. Although next time I would still do less, more often. With autos I think you are really trying not to stress them, because it is like a sprint, not a marathon. There isn’t time to recover from small mistakes. Fingers crossed still for you.