yeah i topped about a week before flowering. i had 4 plants but three turned out to be males. this was the crappiest ugliest of the 4. but has now turned out quite nice. the cfl you see is jsut there for a tad bit of side lighting. i have a 400 watt hps over the top at about 6 inches away being cooled with a glass shield. i put my hand under it and there is no heat. and i do not see any signs of heat stress on the plant...not that i even kno wut thsoe signs wuld be, but it looks fine. thnx for ur comments people!!