Topping and 1st

If I want to top and lst do I let it grow out first,top than lst? Or finish going around the pot than top? If so where's the best place and how many times am I able to top it? Thanks fellas

It depends. You can do it however you want to. You could top first and then use the two shoots to go opposite directions around the pot. This way you complete the circle sooner. Then, once you have your circle, you can top the shoots that grow upwards, splitting each into two colas. You have to be careful with excessive training, though. First, because you don't want to add alot of time to the process. Secondly, the root system and main stem can only transport so many nutrients at a time. As you try to make more colas, you eventually get to the point where the stem is a bottleneck and each new cola only decreases the size of all the others. Most strains we've tried reach this point at about 6 colas. The main stem gets thicker with age so older plants can generally grow more than younger ones of similar size.

Thanks a lot that was pretty informative. If I choose the lst first method where would you think is the best place to top it?

The more you top the smaller the colas will be unless it is necessary I would only top once for 4 main colas.

Look for uncle bens topping technique it tells you how to top for 2 and 4 main colas use that with a lst technique and your set.

I dont top any more i think with lst it should give you enough heads , i Lst mine by hand but im going to try tying them down properly soon, heres a few pics of my hand lst plants .. I,ve topped my plants before and i dont think it was that great but i could of done it wrong more fim'd.

Yeah I think I'm just going to split my plants in 2 groups lst most and top some just to compare yields and nug size

i did 2 grows one topped and other supercropped
and as for yileds topping gave me 4 main colas sizes were ok nothing compared to a untopped plant

supercropped lots of bud sites but also again buds were small compared to untopped plants
everytime you pinch or cut your tops your changing you plants hormones not necesarily giving you a better yield but rather giving you lots of smaller dryed buds and shake

now some strains might do well but with afganistan kush i think i got no better gains then leaving them alone and completing them at the 60" height mark

i realize many do this cause of height issues so there stuck n a hard place but i only super crop a plant that i will use as a mother so i can get lots of cuttings

If you train the plant around the pot before any cutting, you can top any shoots growing vertically and leave one node behind on each. This splits each shoot into two shoots. If you top before training around the pot, you could chop off everything but the lowest growing node. That node will grow a shoot on either side and those two will be used to train the plant around the pot. Afterward, the shoots can be split the same way as previously mentioned.