Once the majority of the debris is scooped out manually with a leaf net then i would use your automatic pool cleaner to finish the job.
Cleaning pool full of leaves.
Using a skimmer or a leaf net along with an extendable telepole rake the leaves and debris from your pool.
The leaf eater has jets in it that force water through its deep net bag creating a suction that will lift debris off the bottom of the pool and into the bag.
Do not worry about the small dirt particles.
I would recommend using a deep leaf net to get out the majority of the leaves.
You can use a pool skimmer to routinely clean out the debris.
If you live in an area where a large amount of leaf debris falls into your swimming pool a leaf master like the one in this video might be the perfect pool.
Another great device for lifting leaves off the bottom is the leaf eater.
When you are left with only 5 6 ft of cover still over the pool use a leaf rake on a pole to scoop the leaves up.
Try and scoop as much of the leaves out before draining it you dont want to block the pipes up.
Extreme leaf removal tools.
They will be vacuumed up later in the cleaning process.
For solar blankets pull them over to where you have most deck space and use a blower or hose to clean.
Optimize the return flow.
You may want to close or.
To clean an automatic cover pump most water off and use a leaf blower or garden hose to clean the cover as it rolls up.
Using a pool vacuum and sending that much debris into your filter will just immediately clog it.
A circular flow of water around the pool helps to gently guide floating leaves in front of the.
You will most likely need to clean out the skimmer basket often due the amount of debris in your pool.
If you have trees that hang over your pool watch for leaves branches or fruit that may drop down into the water.
You need to really consider getting a pool company in to clean it it sounds like a major job.
Adjust the skimmers so that they are pulling at their strongest.
Extreme leaf removal optimize the skimmer flow.
Another option is to use a large sheet to replace nearly all the water pumping the old out whilst adding new inside the sheeting which will allow a better water change than cleaning and shocking you would need a sheet that completely filled your pool with overlaps or two sheets so you can have it separated from the old water whilst changing and cleaning.