I don't cut my fan leaves. I try to keep everything below the screen until I see hairs, then I let it all grow up. In the meantime, I pull the fan leaves under the screen and under the canopy. Some try to poke back up, some don't. It a 2-3 week process for me. Once I'm 2 weeks into 12/12, I just let it all grow up.

One thing I forgot to mention, the 'problem' you're having with your main stem is because the longer one shoot is on the top, the thicker it'll grow. So it's kind of a balancing act to keep all the shoots a similar size throughout veg with topping and LST.

Anyways they look nice and healthy :thumbsup: