To top or not to top is the question. ? ?

The plant is a bit small for week 5 of growth. I would not top this one, it looks to be having a ruff time as it is, no need to add to that. Topping this one could cause more stress for it and to just shit the bed in flower. use LST as best you can if you feel the need to experiment with it. Good Luck! ***disclaimer, multiple people are answering all questions as there is a contest called GOTM, when a user is selected as the answer they get a point. Please see the contest page for information regarding the details: growdiaries.com/giveaways/GotM-August-2022 Please note, when you reply to anything on the questions part of Growdiaries website, no one will be notified of this. Not even if you use a "@" tag in their name. Best to reach out to them in DM using your inbox, it can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the site. It's the small paper airplane button, it will be highlighted green if you have new messages***

Since it's autoflower and is a month old, I don't recommend topping it. It seems best to do any sort of high stress training within the first few weeks of autoflowers because of how unpredictable they are. They can flip into flower whenever and topping it right before it flips itself would suck really bad. It wouldn't have time to recover or real the benefits of being topped. I hope this helps.