Thanks for the great input from everyone!! Some good points made by all.
I have topped outdoors and idoors, (with an an old phototron) without killing or hurting my plants in any way.
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Originally Posted by Racefan
wait till she's about a foot tall to crimp. You could bend her over with a twist tie or paper clip right now but with such a large amount of head room I don't understand your desire to bend this thing over so soon. and yes the cola continues to grow.
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I hear what you're saying RF. It's not that I'm in a hurry to do it, I guess I just figured that if I were going to snip the top, I'd have to do it soon because the plants are at the 5th node now and everyone says top after the 5th node. I'm certainly leaning toward the crimp method you suggested and was just unsure of when to do it. 12 inches sounds good, no matter how many nodes has formed by then. if I crimped at 12 inches, the plant would have time to recover and continue to grow to 18 or so inches, which is when I planned to flip to 12/12
I do have one plant that's not growing as fast as the others and I may not do anything with that one. I'm growing from seed and there are no signs of sex yet, so what I do to the plants may depend on how many females I have. (If I can determine the sex before it's time to do something).
Thanks again for your (and everyone's) help.