to be honest, i have only been growing a year so ill tell you what is working for me. i top every single plant cause i dont like 1 top getting more light than the others. i also do lst, but in the past i was all scared to bend the plant around and i really wasnt doing it right cause i kept removing the ties after a few days. This time i learned to tie it and leave it till it needed to be tied down again. The first plant i got with an even canopy was the northern cheese haze and that was by accident, i topped her and never tied her down but she grew perfectly even. I have tried once not topping and just tying down the main stem but i think for me topping + lst is the way to go.WoW that's a really nice looking auto and I'm just curious about what you did as far as training? Always hesitate being new to growing Auto's about doing much more than leaf tucking but I know that it's different for every auto strain depending on genetics but I have been trying to increase the yield but not at the cost of quality and I have mostly Mephisto Genetics and Night Owl!? Thanks for stopping by my grow & show it's starting to get a really strong smell and just as if it was a CDLC but it's got the size of Skywalker I'm gonna be interested seeing what the smoke is like and I have been told several times that Sour Stomper is an overall GREAT strain, but I love the way you have preflowers that are all the same height.