So Ive read a bit on topping and have a few questions. I am about 1.5 weeks into 12/12 and im getting a bit too close to the light. I have run out of room on my LST and dont want to cover any other branches. I dont have any preflowers yet and think I should probably top it. First, is it too late to top even though I dont have preflowers? Also, if I top it, can I try planting that to start a second small plant or is that just a waste?
Yeah, you could top it, but I wouldn't recommend it, since you're already in flowering. Yes, you can use the top cutting as a clone. You will lose a lot of your potetial yield if you top it now.
I have already been doing LST, and it just keeps getting bigger. Im pretty much at potential for size, unless I start tying it down to something other than my container, which I might need to do. I dont want to hurt my yield or put any extra stress on the plant.
I have topped in similar circumstances and it worked out but I wouldn't consider it ideal. No reason you couldn't at least try to get the top you chop off to take root. It may not work but it would be work a shot.
I ended up on my last grow (it was a male experiment I was running) tying it to the base of my cabinet to bring it down. It ended looking like a lightning bolt (think vertical zigzag) but it stayed out of my bulbs. Just a thought. Before topping it though do some searches on topping/cloning while in flowering and the chances of creating a hermi.