To top, or not to top???

In a grow room using 4-600w hps in a 7x7x8 area with 52 plants in 2 gallon smart pots, would you say you would yield more by topping them or not topping? The AK-47's are 10 inches tall, the platinum kush, deadhead Og, and gdp are all roughly 6 or 7 inches tall. Using roots organic natural organic soil with no ammendments. Using roots organics hp and hpk once flowering along with great white mychorizzae and some humboldt roots. Want to initiate flowering so they don't get much taller than about 22" to 2 ft. What's the best way to go to yield the most? 750 cfm exhaust and 350 cfm intake. My friend that's growing this would love some feedback! THANK YOU

topp them at the 8th or 9th nodes or lst

16 of 2 gallon pots fits all touching together in a 3x3 space under each 600. Will have 13 under each so do u think it will get overcrowded by topping?

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Top and lst.

My first grow I topped a node lower than I meant too (on 16 plants ). Luckily the strain seemed to handle 6 heads pretty well, and with a bit of training they worked in the space I had. (Killing Field Fem Ftw)

Any type of lst should help you keep 'em from getting too crowded, flowering them so short (height-wise) should help as well.

lever A or lever B i would lever B strain depended topping or lst works you top you get four main colas but in the end leaving them alone you got 1 cola bigger then all 3 or 4 remember once dryed there small every time you do these Techniques you chang the hormones on the plant not always for the better keep that in mind i only have topped and supercropped and will only super crop a mother plant as for more clones sites super cropping gave me lots of bud sites but they were still small compared to a non touched plant
if its for personal then by all means enjoy your popcorn nuggets
i my self love leaving plants alone even my lower bud sites tend to be bigger then a topped plant