Defoliation on an auto

Your plant is too young and too small to remove leaves. I would keep all the leaves until well into flower. Then you can remove a few leaves if they are shading a bud but better would be to tuck the leaves out of the way.

Since she’s a auto, hold off. Those are her solid panels- she’ll grow slower if you remove them. I do however remove damaged leaves on my autos- if they are overly yellow or I’m worried about them creating a mold Issue inside the buds.

She only looks that way cause you’re training her. You got to let her grow out and built that canopy. Just inspect under her leaves here and there.

No, your plant needs every leaf it has to be able to make the energy she needs to grow her biggest and best flowers. Besides, if she didn't need those leaves, she would not have grown them in the first place! Just remember - Maximum amount of healthy green leaves = maximum energy production = maximum growth. It really is that simple. Hope this helps, Organoman.

No, not on this one. It's to small. If it grew larger and faster I'd say yes. Save the energy. Just my opinion. Check my autoflower grow out, I defoliated it 5 times before flowering.