russrahlanswered grow question 4 years ago Yep, you are at the perfect point now. I just grab rite bellow that top bud with your thumb and finger and hold it in place and then spread the 2 top large leaves enough to grab onto that entire top bud with your other thumb and finger and pluck it off quickly. If you are holding bellow it good and get ahold off the entire top bud good it should just pop rite off. Sometimes if you don’t grab the top bud completely and you pull it, it won’t pop the entire bud off, but instead will just rip the top of the bud off, this is still fine as it will Fim your plant instead and you will get 3-4 tops instead. Hope this helps. Cheers💨