To defoliate or not (auto flower flowering stage)?

I'd say yes she looks like she has a lot of heavy foliage. She's out of the pre flower window. Take most fan leafs from from bottom. And make sure you leave 2 fan leafs on top of each node to draw in power.. Don't take to much. And before you harvest..a few days tackle it much harder. Cut leafs in half (supposedly) its meant to trigger a response as if the plant was been attacked and produces more resin/thc to protect itself.. id look into this more now. But, yes, defo defol. All them leafs are just keeping your temp/rh up high. And it'll allow air flow better thru your nodes. Take some off though your way past the point of any stress will hurt or hinder her growth. (Its over with, the growing, chance of any bad side affects that can come from defol...ie stunted growth, buds airy and other stuff.) You need to get the light onto as much of those sugar leafs/colas as much as you can And looking at your lower end. Id do she's lacking light open her up pal. Good luck.

Hola. Las utomaticas no les gustan ningun tipo de estres. Deja que tu auto cresca libremente para sacar su mayor potencial. Suerte

Looks pretty open .don't see a need too its not that tall or thick

I agree with burnercorona - check out Karen day 53 where I did this same thing to separate the colas - I went a bit heavy with the defoliation you shouldn't go to the same extreme at this stage of flowering. After you separate the colas a bit it will become obvious what leaves could be removed.

Your plant looks great. Instead of defoliating I'd do a little lst to open up some of the lower sites. After you seperate the branches a bit you could remove a couple leaves that are still blocking.

Honestly I think you have left it a bit late, I would defoliate somewhat if it were mine, but I am not a highly experienced grower, so perhaps wait until someone else offers advice. :)

Why defoliate "just because"?? Remember............. less leaves = less energy being made = less growth. Yes, it really is that simple!