Sucker Punch Auto Micro Hydro Grow

Going to say we are in the flowering stage. She’s had preflowers for over a week now, and some pistols are beginning to change color already. Have read that this can be normal with auto flowers, but still weird to me. Did some heavy defoliation, removing about 30-40% of the fan leaves, mainly any shading the colas. I am hopping that she really starts to flower this week or I may have to cut back the light schedule which I do not want to do.