Robertsanswered grow question 3 years ago Cut it down and start over. Don't defoliate autos like that. They are on short time span and doing everything fast to finish. They need the leaves to complete photosynthesis to have energy to grow. Looks like it was stunned in flowering or given wrong nutrition or ph. Could be various reasons it did not want to grow. The leaves show signs of damage as the plant is consuming them if it is in a lock out in substrate. You cut them off you then took the reserve of energy as well. I am not hating, just being honest with what I see. I am guessing leaves showed damage so you cut them off. Then the issue was actually worse. My first plant I grew was a male so yeah been disappointed before as well. Just try again and learn what you did wrong and improve on it. First weed I grew past the male was so so. Then I learned what nutrition it wants when. Stepped up my knowledge and Weed is damn good now. I still mess plants up occasionally. Ph is my biggest enemy. So good luck man, give it another go. Do a little research in your free time or find someone growing in similar situation that has results you want and ask them for advice. 👍