Should I wait till I'm home to defoliate, or let my plant sitter.

Hey growmie, I’d skip defoliation for now — Week 3 is a key point for autos, and variegated leaves already do less photosynthesis. Cutting them now could slow her down right before flower. Structure looks good, nothing’s really blocking sites. Just let the sitter water and leave her be. When you’re back, you can trim a couple if needed , but for now, less is more. Curious to see how that variegation shows up in flower!

defoliating the variegated leaves wont help with photosynthesis. itll take away the abilitiy it has to photosynthesize with the variegated leaves by taking them completely out. but if you leave them it will be able to some extent.

Hey there I do t think anything needs to be cut away at this point it looks good and is getting light I’m sure it will ride out 10days b4 it need attention Don’t stress it just make sure someone knows how to water correctly

Wait, she needs that leaf mass at the moment.

Wow such a beauty. I saw this variegation somewhere and then I remembered where. It was here : https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/tobacco-mosaic-virus-tmv . I see your plant looks very healthy and has no curled or deformed leaves. But on the site I gave you if you scroll down a little is a example of a plant just like yours. Young and healthy, vigorous but same variegated. I don't know much more about this co called virus, just what the website states. And now to your question, for me I would not trim a lot, prob just 2 leaves and then LST. Or the other way is to top her once now and do a little LST. Both get good results, the topping is more aggressive and should be done only if you done it prior to this. But you know different people, different ways to grow. Wish you a good grow. Love Peace and Unity .