First time growing outdoors

I'm seeing a bit of purple starting on some of the colas - which I thought wasn't expected with this strain. It probably has more to do with the cooling nights than with fall coming on. We've had a few nights down to 10C now. Currently expecting rain off and on with cloudiness for the next few days, so I might leave the girls up on the deck, unless I get some ramp or easier/faster way to move them up/down. When they've just been water, they've got some weight to them, and the lateral growth makes it difficult to get close to them without getting a sticky, stinky face. Without being close to the object lifting, leverage and physics aren't on your side. I thought that I've been pulling leaves before they get to the point of falling off, but upon closer inspection I saw each plant had 5-10 leaves that had fully necrotized and fallen, and were on top of buds (the first time seeing this, I thought it was more bud rot. So I took off what felt like a lot of leaves, but the in grand scheme isn't too much. I also tied a few colas to try to better space out the growth.