Cutting bigger sun sails at automatic plants in flowering phase

Hello mate, for first with an automatics you don't need to do many trainings, even more so if you did it outdoor. You could do the defoliation at any time but take on mind that more big fan leaves you take away more energy the plant will spend to do another one so you must do this thing with a lot of care. In the first weeks of flowering you may do the pruning (or lollipopping) the lower part of the plant to give the best energy in the upper part of the plants that takes more light. In your situation i would let the plant go its own way. Good luck and happy journey!

Looking at your diary she seems to be doing fine, I'd leave her alone and let her do her thing.

Those big "sun sails" are making the energy the plant needs to grow those buds. Defoliation should only really occur if there is a massive problem with high humidity in an enclosed space. It should never be required outdoors. Just remember........ Less leaves = less energy being made = less potential growth. Besides, if your plant would not need those leaves, it would not grow them in the first place!

with autoflowers you should always try, to avoid as much stress as possible. so if not necessary don't cut. same is for outdoors, since both types of grow are more dependent of time. with indoor photoperiodic plants you have more control about, when your plants begins to flower, so thats why people say you can cut them. best of luck 🌱💚

The products of photosynthesis are highly mobile and apical dominance dictates where it gets most used - not where the light hits. leaves do several other important behaviours not related to light absorption. Don't remove them unless some overlap is causing constant standing water on leaves (condensation). Severe congestion is another similar reason, but proper training should avoid that. even less reason to remove leaves outdoors. They get awesome light from nearly all angles, not just from above. Whether it is an auto or photoperiod is irrelevant to the above suggestion.

I would leave them.

If you’re talking about your sensi skunk. No don’t take anything off. She’s already pretty thin to begin with. Just leave your sun sails.