Defoliation on an auto

ive got some autos 3-4 weeks roughly from harvest. They've stretched and I've been pinching and bending to get them to stay low up until now, but the stems are getting woody and I'm probably as far in as I want to go with any HST. Due to tent space restrictions I can't lst them sideways either.

I just wondered if (as the top leaves are curling due to heat and light stress) I should just defoliate the top leaves, but leave the top colas?

I'm already swaying to not do this, but I'm not sure what else I can do as I don't want to stress these autos, and don't have any headroom left.

Anyone got any tips for this situation?

The option I see is to warm up the main cola stem by rolling it in your fingers until it will bend but not break and tie it over. It has worked for me in the past.

JDMase said:

ive got some autos 3-4 weeks roughly from harvest. They've stretched and I've been pinching and bending to get them to stay low up until now, but the stems are getting woody and I'm probably as far in as I want to go with any HST. Due to tent space restrictions I can't lst them sideways either.

I just wondered if (as the top leaves are curling due to heat and light stress) I should just defoliate the top leaves, but leave the top colas?

I'm already swaying to not do this, but I'm not sure what else I can do as I don't want to stress these autos, and don't have any headroom left.

Anyone got any tips for this situation?

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I'm of the opinion to leave them. Kind of like when you have a deficiency or lock out and have some leaves go bad, taking them off just sends the problem to the next set of leaves. as long as they're not completely dry and crumbling I'd leave them.

Don't touch autos they are stupid sensitive let her be and let her grow if you wanna adjust how she's growing look up the different light times for them. Other than that any stress to auto's is a bad idea

Not is my option too.

So I supercropped them. Weirdly it made two of the four produce purple which my other hydro and my older soil dark devil still haven't produced yet. Two to three weeks to go on my first one and the others have roughly 3-4 weeks left hope they produce some colour soon!