Is this the ideal node to top?

[Ghostwriter31]

The yellow arrows point to the 4th set of alternating fan leaves. The red arrow and circle shows the 5th emerging and the spot where I need to snip. As the title asks, am I counting right and is this the right time to top?

 

[Pbass]

I'm not a old wise weed sage but it looks like a fine time to me, you'll split them off wherever you top. If you go low enough you'll get 4 tops instead of just two, but I just tried that by snipping node 4 and 5, should have gone all the way to 3, just got two tops and some extra long stems lol. Looking healthy, CHeers!

 

[Killian]

I wait for the fifth node and top to the third node then cut off the bottom branch leaving two nodes. From there I start pulling them down keeping these four branches flat and let the new nodes become the apex stems.

 

[Ghostwriter31]

I'm not a old wise weed sage but it looks like a fine time to me, you'll split them off wherever you top. If you go low enough you'll get 4 tops instead of just two, but I just tried that by snipping node 4 and 5, should have gone all the way to 3, just got two tops and some extra long stems lol. Looking healthy, CHeers!

Thank you
I topped 3/5 this evening. I will top the other two tomorrow

 

[Ghostwriter31]

I wait for the fifth node and top to the third node then cut off the bottom branch leaving two nodes. From there I start pulling them down keeping these four branches flat and let the new nodes become the apex stems.

Hmm , interesting, I’ll investigate this more