Ready for Topping?

This what I see. Give it another day or two to make sure you can get a good cut on the main stem. Then…


The bottom left node isn’t great so I would get rid of both. They usually don’t amount to much anyway. This will leave you with eight major growth tips. Down the road you will need to decide how many more colas the plant will support. Do you want fewer larger or more smaller - your choice.
Then what form will your LST take? Here are two examples. Each has 3 node branch sets plus the topped stem = 8
This is the simpler of the two. Spread the lower branches out and split the top avoiding the growth from below.

This is what I did with my current AK-47s at An auto, three photos and a clone

This is it 13 days later. I kept its height under 6". It is growing significantly and will flip in the next couple of days. it has vegged for 9 weeks

I would top in the existing pot. Let it recover for a couple of days (you will see the two new growth tips) then up pot. I use 5 gallon fabric pots for photos.

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