When would you top?

I'm not sure if I want to follow the Uncle Ben method and have 4-6 main colas or mainline / LST a shrub from the 2nd...
Wwyd

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I'm not sure if I want to follow the Uncle Ben method and have 4-6 main colas or mainline / LST a shrub from the 2nd...
Wwyd

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Topping is fast and easy. Pinch and go. I usually top 3 times. Gives 8 main branches. Then I supercrop in a circular shape. I can get a fairly even widespread canopy that way.

Pinched above the 4th and I think I'll just train the 8 tops near enough straight up but out of each others way.