as close to au naturale is what i like.. to be more clear, i do train, but lately, i dont "top".. "training" though in this instance equals just bending the main stem once, 90º, several nodes past the cotyledons...well past the point i would normally top... then once bent, the auxins redistribute to existing budsites just like topping but without traumatizing your plant by mutilating it. i meaaaan... i've produced the same"ish" looking tops/canopy when cutting my plants,... at their strongest point of growth.........dotdotdot..dotdot...(does this not seem counter productive?) but i had to wait much longer for them to recover after butchering them.. in the past i usually top at the 4th/5th node. sort of like the same concept as "mainlining" i guess...just a little more....mainlined.
like i said no science behind this. just applying what seems to be common sense to me. which could easily be absolutely all wrong!! i've never actually followed a feeding schedule or guideline someone else set out... have been trying to keep the mentality of just feeding my plants what they tell me they need..