to be honest lolipop has great benefits for situations like mine,,
i would rather have lots of medium to large size ripe buds than a few big ones and lots of waffy little un-ripe buds,,
popcorns dont compare ,
and in a side by side grow my topped plants produced around 15dry Gs more than the untopped plants,
maybee because with a topped plant u have twice as many leafs under the light wich = more energy recived by the plant ,
if u understand what i mean
instead ov having 1 huge bud and then all the other bud sites about a foot or more away from the light
but it all depends on the grow situation,,
u need 2 identicle clones from the same plant, 1 natural/ 1 topped, to be able to compare wich style yeilds more
but however for an out door grow i would let the plants grow natural christmas tree style as the more times u chop a top the more potency you loose wich is why i dont ever go for a 4cola plant,, i love potency, and only ever do strains that have the allmighty sedative genetics,,never ever waste time growing strains with less than 18%thc,,
i grow to provide myself with herb i know i cant buy,, i carefully choose my strains, read up on them and prepare the grow ready for the strain,,
i learnt the hard way by trying to grow sativa strain in a 4ft tall cab..lol i didnt read up on how tall the strain grew..
it was the madusa sativa wich finish at an averige size of 8 to 12ft tall outdoors, indoors mine finished at 6.5 foot but the yeild was great, i moved all 6 in to a 1x1x2m cab and had just over 400dry gram in a metre square,,
i shud ov read up tho as the bud wasnt half as potent as what i like it was only 10/15%thc
and ive just ran out ov green until 2moro (fuckin shitty bastard cunt wipe) all i got is a half oz ov shitty afghan goldseal ,,doubt ill be getting stoned off it lol,
whats you guys fav strains to smoke or grow ?????????????????????