totally agree, but I would alter your last statement:Please go to the auto section and look for the growers that CLEARLY have experience with them. You can top autos just the same as phitos with no slow down. Don't take advice from those that just plant a few autos along side their photos.
You say you topped one and not the other, but you didn't say which was whichLst on fast buds strawberry pie.
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Top one and not another. Make up your own mind on whether or not it works. I don't see a point in topping an auto. Just bend it over and put a net on it.