What to do? Small grow area

i've seen similar stuff, likely getting some algae growth in there, maybe mold, but probably not any danger
gets dry and maybe the algae/mold dries up and dies

everytime i saw it it was from soil that was sitting out drying so thats probably it

also, my plant outdoor has some sappy looking stuff on the top of the soil...an experience? if it is just tree sap is that bad?

probably not a big problem, there is just so much stuff that can pop up in an outdoor grow
there are funny looking molds and other living slimes, id'ing it exactly could be quite tough

yea, there was deffinetly slugs in the area..so could easily be from them. i dont know if thats bad. im not gonna stress about it and i.d.ing it. Can you top during early flowering? first couple weeks?

it's better to top in veg, early in flower could work, depends on the quirks of the particular plant/strain

well i was just thinking, cause its about 5 inches tall right now and im going to start LST and flowering, after i finish the ring of Lst i was hoping to top it, but im guessing it wont take that long to make its way around the edge of the pot

upon thinking about that strategy, it sounds pretty good, was thinking about 'straight' topping
if you clip the growth point in a lst, you will limit the amount of new nodes being added at the plant top
which should work well, worse case is you get a few extra nodes at the top, which shouldn't be a big deal