yea totally personal choice ive grow both ways and i just like topping better seems to get my plants bushier. when i LST my plants grow to the side more than get bushy.
hmmmmm not really in my experience..... im not saying topping is better but it has worked better for me. produced different more bushier results with the same strain........
having done both with the same strain ( ice from nirvana shop ) topping just seems to get the results faster but clearly more stressfull and caused stretching ( we are all just saying the same thing over and over but hey i need the posts )