Excessive nodes and autoflowers

Taking off a few lower branches that are not getting light will not hurt it enough to matter. And will provide more energy and nutrients to the buds you want. But next time try and do some better pruning and training while it's not in flower 👍

I woud not do it, not at all while in flowering 😀 be happy with your branches and nodes, they look good mate 👌💪 f you ever want to try lollipopping an auto, then do it before they hit flowering 😊 Wish you best of luck, the rest of the way😀

You are overdosing your nutrients, and branches are good, just leave them like they are, your harvest will be bigger with more nodes

This is a good problem to have, each node will become a flower, resulting in more bud for you! Now that it is quite advanced in flowering, it really is too late to be chopping off vast amounts of plant material, it could cause weird reactions, such as hermaphroditism or a delayed and drawn out flowering or even death, in the worst case scenario. Any pruning needs to be carried out during vegetative growth, and at the latest, during the first 10-14 days of flowering. Hope this helps, Organoman.