LST and top

If this is your final pot size or this is the only lighting you have (what is your lighting?), then consider flowering it now. Based on the internodal distance, spacing between branches, there's not enough light to support a full growth plant. If you have more light available, your choice between topping and bending can be decided by timing. Each time you top the plant, you will delay the harvest date by 2 to 3 weeks. This is how long it takes to recover. By comparison, bending takes 0 to 3 days to recover, depending on how careful you are. You're this helps a little.

Hey... I think if you want to top, your Mandarin Punch is at the perfect stage to do so ... top it just after the 4th or 5 node... OR you can LST pulling the whole thing over gently so as to not break/damage the main stem but so all of the bud sites are getting full light on them... OR LST just the branches coming off the main stem so that they're out wider... Your Banana Frosting, however, probably needs a bit of help down at the roots since you say she's not drying out as fast as the MP... I'd suggest getting something that will increase root development - I happen to like ReCharge but anything that will increase the microbial levels in the soil would be good. For her, I wouldn't suggest topping - she's struggling enough already according to your notes... so I'd just go with some LST as I described above. Good luck! And DO try to get better lighting for them... that's probably going to be the most important thing you can do!

Well, it all depends on what you're planning on doing with the plant. If you're going to go SCrog/sog, you can just supercrop the top. FIMing is always a good option. Three tops are better than two. LST works great to open up more bud nodes and it's really easy to pull off. You just need some things heavy enough to pull the branches down some and a paper clip to attach it to the branch. Your grow seems a bit in the hot side. I say drop your temperature down to 75°ish and think of adding another light in the tent. Also, adding an extra 2 hours of light is always something to think about. Good luck! I hope this helped.