I agree to get used to growth pattern and the plant cycle befre you go about hacking and tying, however I do believe topping is a good beginner thing to get into. I myself top fim lst and supercrop. I lst in the very beginning for the first few weeks and top towards the end of week 1.5 (from clone approx) from there I do a bit more lst let it grow out till week 3ish I super crop very gently every few days (3-4) then come week 6 I fim week 8 I do a bit more super cropping and lsting and by week 9 to 9.5 I go into my flower room. I believe you need a good amount of vegge time if you wanna do it all considering they do need time to heal. Also be careful on supercropping read read read and watch vids if ya do it wrong you may fuck up a big bud producing site