There is no such thing as "HAVE TO" in growing weed... except that you have to water it! Some people never even give nutes... some people never do anything except germinate the seed, water it and harvest whatever they get out of it... so no, you don't HAVE TO top... you'll get a harvest from your plant as long as you water it (and, I would suggest, give it at least a LITTLE bit of nutes!).
Cheers!