1. I topped GFK last week then let her grow out a bit. On Saturday I did a lot of LST to spread out the node branching. By Friday I had a really nice canopy going.
2. I've done some spot defoliating and a tiny bit of pruning of the lower branches. I'm not really seeing any signs of flowering yet. I expect that within the next week. I'll leave her alone until after she is fully flowering then I'll do a major defoliation and pruning.
3. She is receiving full strength veg. nutes and Recharge. I will continue using veg. nutes until she is done stretching.
4. So far this has been an excellent candidate for topping and LST. Of the 5 plants in the tent, this is the only one that had the characteristics I was looking for in a topping candidate.
@Growcbd, Thanks. I was worried about this grow when it was making its transition. I thought I had done something wrong, but I guess not, or I fixed the problem. I don't water to run off. I give them a gallon of filtered water about every 3 days. I've tried watering to run off in the past and I feel that i waste a lot of water and nutrients. I've had really good results with watering a goodly amount then allowing the medium to dry out.