Sorry dude, I kinda forget to speak in english sometimes. With a 400w mh, light penetrates 18" from the bottom of the bulb, with 400w hps 21". So that means the top 20" or so of the plant is going to get the beneficial light. Typically the bottom 6-12" of the plant's bud sites (from the soil up) is trimmed off to improve upper bud size, called lollipopping.
So, now you can theorize that you want approximately 20" + 12" = 33" tall plants to maximize your light use.
Stretch is the tendency of a plant to keep growing upward after you initiate flowering on 12/12. Remember on your first grow how they kept going up? They all do this to a degree. Haze's stretch a lot (the haze is dominant in your stain, meaning it will grow and feel more like a pure haze) and you can guarantee they will double in height or more, or 200% stretch.
So that means at 200% stretch if you veg to 12", you will get a 24" plant at chop. Topping slows the plant down and reduces the height considerably. Does this make sense?
As far as how to use strainfinder, I'll use a strain I'm going now as an example, Nebula:
http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Nebula/Paradise_Seeds/review/
This is the user review section of the strain, dependent upon users to input and it is not on every strains profile.
"Nebula (Paradise Seeds) :: StrainReview :: Overview
All the reviews for the strain Nebula (by Paradise Seeds)
Here are a list of all reviews for this cannabis variety, uploaded by our users. Please use the small navigation above (or the links in the tables below) to view the average reviews for indoor, outdoor or the individual phenotypes (if defined so far).
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long, stretched, slowly blossoming, sativa-dominant Phenotype #1
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See that stretch (Str.) section, I see stretch is 140-433%. I decided after research on other grows and my experience with the parentage of the Nebula strain (haze x white widow), to go with an average of 200%, grew her to 30". My max height should be around 60", with the bottom 18"+ trimmed off (lower bud sites only, leaves and top colas of side stems stay).
I know that is a lot to digest, but feel free to ask questions and I'll do my best.