Just remember, every healthy green leaf that is removed will decrease your plants capacity to produce the energy she needs to grow her biggest and best. Each leaf is like a "solar panel" -
Less "solar panels" = less energy made = less/slower/smaller growth. It's plant biology 101! Autos perform best with nothing being cut off. A little well considered LST will increase yield and not take up too much extra room if planned thoughtfully. Even just getting some branches to go horizontal for a bit before allowing the branch to resume vertical growth will not increase the plants' "footprint" by more than 10-15%, but would produce many more good sized flowers down low on the branches. Hope this helps,.... Organoman.