Cropping / transplanting conundrum

do you guys crop within the four weeks while the plant Is still in the party cup ? Or do u transplant first then do the crop in the final pot ? Thanks in advance

Your plants first weeks spent in a cup is more about establishing a solid root structure. If you’re still in party cups it’s probably too early to do any training. Personally I’d wait 2 weeks after I transplant before I start bending and snapping

Nugbucket technique says wait till you have 5 or 6 nodes...

Depends what you're trying to do. I crop my clones in cups all the time to generate branches and clone them again, that way I don't have to up-pot them to keep them going. But from seed I'll wait until they're well established and up-potted to 1 gal's, settled in few days since I'm in no hurry at that point, mainly establishing decent roots like @JohnDee said above.