If you defoliate autos what day do you start doing it?

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I have a small tent and I want to defoliate autos to be able to fit the number of plants I want in the tent and have good air flow on there. This is not really a should you defoliate or not post. The tent is small and with how much I lst the plants to keep the plants from being very tall the plants end up bushy and short and not easy to have good air flow or water and train the plant if you do not defoliate. This post is to ask those that do defoliate when they start defoliating and when they stop defoliating on there.

If you defoliate when do you start and do you do it a little at a time like a few leaves then wait a few days then a few leaves or do you do it in like 2 or 3 bigger sessions or what do you do and when do you start and how old is the plant when you stop defoliating? I defoliated in my first grow and I think I waited too long as it looks like it stunted the plants quite a bit on there.
 
Hey there @the123321 , controversial as you know, defoliation.
I'm no expert but I grow both autos/photos but for autos the week I change the feed (as with flipping photoperiods) I do a medium bang style defoliation. Not stripping as much as I might with photos - usually structure on autos doesn't allow.
But I leave at least on fan on top and take inner pointing leaves off 1st.
Good luck
 
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