Autoflower - Defoliate or any tips or suggestions?

Hello Friends,

New grower here. This is my second plant (still on my first grow though, she is 16 days behind my first plant with all the deficiencies)

This plant is an autoflower (Night Owl), about 43 days from sprout, and seems to be growing pretty well, in fact a little too well for the limited space I have. She is in a small tent 2x2x5 and started growing very rapidly, so I had LST and Trellis net and brought her down a bit, but now she has spread out and is starting to stretch back up.

Should I start doing any defoliating here? I did remove most of the leaves below the trellis net. As far as the stretching goes, I am not sure how big she plans on getting, but I only have about a foot of space left before she starts getting a little too close to the light. The light is at the top of the tent, 19 inches from the canopy at the moment. Maybe if anyone has any suggestions on keeping her on the shorter side. I’m hoping she only grows another 12 inches or so, and I think we should be ok (I can probably move the light up a few more inches with some creativity)

Let me know how she looks and if any improvements can be made.


Thanks everyone and cheers!

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She looks awesome.

Defoliate as necessary to maintain good airflow within the plant’s canopy.

Welcome to the forum.

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She looks very healthy you’re doing a great job. Plant should be fine . Welcome to the community .

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