top or lst northern lights

[dr.smiley]

I have two northern lights plants growing in 3 gallon fabric pots of Coco. I am wondering what the best option for training would be. Does genetics play a role in how you guys choose to train your plants?

I have read that generally topping and then lst is often best, but it seems like such a bushy strain and the lower parts of the plant are really starting to fill in with a lot of branches already so i am wondering if I would see the full benefits of topping or if it would be better to only lst so they don't have to waste the time/energy recovering. I'm thinking that topping might help with light penetration though and I would like to take cuttings for clones eventually so promoting growth of more branches would be beneficial. They are in a 2X3 cabinet 6ft tall, so they have room to grow both up and out.

This is my first grow so I'm a little hesitant to make any more cuts than necessary, but I would if it will greatly improve yields.

 

[DoubleX5150]

Top those things asap! Northern Lights are known for growing tall. It will stretch like a madman during flowering.

 

[dr.smiley]

Oh, from my understanding northern lights wasn't a very tall strain, I can top them tomorrow.

 

[WingAK]

My NL is around three feet tall and I just top

 

[DoubleX5150]

I have the NL seeds from RQS and for some reason both of my plants have grown taller than some sativas I have. I know NL is an indica which are generally short, maybe my seeds just had weird genetics.

 

[WingAK]

I have the NL seeds from RQS and for some reason both of my plants have grown taller than some sativas I have. I know NL is an indica which are generally short, maybe my seeds just had weird genetics.

I’ve heard they can get pretty tall.

 

[Lethidox]

if you got the room then both. if you look at my grow i just topped and LST'd for 3 days i think before removing the ties. glad i didn't go through with the LST plants right now are too bushy for my space but it's mainly due to me only running 1 light.

 

[dr.smiley]

Is there a Best time of day to top?

 

[sunny747]

Top then tie down lower branches (LST) until you have a nice round beach ball of a plant then flip lights..

Could be best to top at lights out.. Probably doesn't really matter though..

 

[dr.smiley]

And now since I would like to clone the top would it be better to wait a little longer to top so I can remove a bit bigger of a piece without causing excessive stress?

 

[Lethidox]

Is there a Best time of day to top?

dont think it matters.i wouldn't top if you have other major issues that need to be fixed though but looking at your pic i really don't see any major issues that i'd be concerned about. i say this because i would rather have a healthy plant and top it to recover faster versus a plant that is in the shit hole and topped so your basically just adding more shit to the hole until it over fills.