ideally you should top them while they are small, let them grow and build a thicker stalk and main cola stem before flowering. that will increase you bud production greatly. By topping when you did, you should be able to at least grow what you would have before topping even if your plant is a bit squattier. I usually top them, wait a bit, top the two main colas again producing 4, letting it grow building stalk and stem size/strength then flowering. you can see an example of one of my plants just under 4 weeks 12/12 here:
http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...y-anybody.html
I just posted the pics today.
Hope this helps.
Elway
elway07 Reviewed by elway07 on . topping question hello everyone, i have a question which may or may not be a stupid one. this year was my first outdoor grow. i started with two plants, 1 was male and was removed before the other (female) even showed. anyways my question is this: about a week and a half before the female started to show preflowers, without first asking myself this question (which i have yet to ask) i topped the plant. now for the big question, will having topped the plant right before flowering affect bud production? if so, Rating: 5