Oh m god, i to to page 5 and its unbelievable the amount of people that go round spreading information that's wrong, my comment isn't necessarily aimed at the OP, but some things he says aren't correct, he says ou must top above second node, but most of his pics he shows the plant topped higher, with lower nodes chopped off.
you can get 4 main colas but topping pretty much anywhere, yes doing it in certain place, can spread the hormones quicker but saying u have to do it this way is wrong.
i grow all my plants with 4 main branches, cut off every other node as the way I veg, the 4 mains will produce secondaries. I usually top at earliest convince, but sometimes I leave 4/5th nodes, I even left 2/7th nodes, they still produce main branches, but generally using 2/3 or 3/4th is Quickest just for the fact they haven't grown as much.
also lollipopping is not just growing a cola on a stick, like someone said, its basically growing the plant to a sort of bush with the first branches starting at nodes 5 or higher, the reason this is done, is to create circulation beneath the plant and also makes it easy to water and inspect fittings, it was popular bak in the day by large dutch breeders growing on tables.
Thats all for today children, school starts again next term!
i wish people would jus shut up if they don't know what their talkin about, that's why u can never find out a single answer on the net, u get about 50 people's versions!