First post on RIU! When do you usually start topping?

RIU! This is my first post in this magnificent community, just wanted to say sup everyone!

I'm starting a grow soon and have limited space to work with, so I wanted to start off by getting some opinions on topping and scrog. We did a few swag plants from seed this summer in my buddies backyard (some random bagseeds), so now ima do a solo run indoors with an NL strain to get us through those cold wintery nights

So when do y'all usually start topping? I read a post about a 4- way method awhile back which was awesome, the guy topped at the 5th set of leaves so there were 4 main shoots to train under the screen. I'm looking for a lot of bush and maximum yield from a plant that usually grows between 2-3 ft untrained in a space roughly 16x27in lol, its a gutted PC my buddy is lending me. Needless to say this bitch needs to be trained! Thinking about growing two but idk with scrog, the screen is gonna fill up quick.

Im more worried about the typical size of the strain, mostly indica, should I wait until she stretches a bit before topping for a better yield, or should I start when she's about 8in tall, or at the 5th leaf set, whichever comes first? I'm shooting for 2oz lol and failure is not an option! So any suggestions at all would be great, thanks!

I would stick with the one plant for starters, if you want that bush, you'll need all the space in that PC case. I'd have to recommend you to Uncle Ben's topping technique (a sticky here). Personally, I've never topped (yet) but, this guy hasn't steered me wrong yet.

What nutes are in mind and things of that sort regarding your setup as a whole?

I got the dutch if you got the

Pretty standard setup.. 4 CFLs, one intake and two exhausts. Temp and humidity are around norm, the room stays pretty warm actually. I also have a bag of ffof and some ff nutes, grow big, tiger grow and that microbe feeding bloom stuff left over from a window sill grow, sorry I don't remember what it's called exactly.

Uncle Ben is the man, I must have went over every single one of his guides. I've never had to top either, never had the need to, I'll keep you posted. Just thinking about how big the plant is going to get and if I should let it stretch a bit before topping. At 8in, I'll still have about 10in for bud growth taking into account the lights and pot which I'll probably use half of.

Hmm... decisions lol

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/151706-uncle-bens-topping-technique-get.html?highlight=uncle+ben
Beech

Nice. Well I would follow his guide(s) for sure. I wouldn't worry so much about the plant size, until you're there. Problems could arise (like they do for me) and set you back days...weeks. I can give you an example however, a friend on here uses the topping technique. Seen in this thread https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/738723-150w-cmh-sativa-garden.html.

Wow, he stressed the hell out of that plant and it looks like she recovered pretty quickly.

Idk I'm just gonna try it and see how it goes using Uncle Bens method and the 4 way topping technique also found here as guidelines.

My main goal for this grow is a proper scrog, low as possible so I'm not just supporting the plant, also promoting light to hit every bud site possible.

Thanks for the link dutch!

Yea, no problem man. Going to be doing a journal on it?

Sure, I don't see why not lol.. it'll be cool to see what others think and maybe kick some of my bad habits Just waiting on seeds from BC, they should be here in about a week or so