Defoliation for light penetration?

defoliate only a week or so before you flip , this lady's a bit small plus you're doing rather extreme LST meaning the growth is gonna be that much slower. take your time and let the plant do it's job, that's my best advice. 🚀

hi friend, i am in your same situation. if you want you can check my diary. I think that I will wait for the plant to be stronger before proceeding with the defoliation, the autoflowering plants may have too much stress in my opinion if defoliated during the first days of LST. i am newbie friend, so wait the opinion of other people. :)