I have done dozens and dozens of different strains over many, many years and never ever had an issue with stress, that would constitute droopyness, deficiencies or other ailments that the plant would show but please tell us the strains that do not react well to topping so we can avoid the problem.
I'm not saying it causes deficiencies.
It stalls them for a bit. They have to recover then start growing again.
Not once did I say those spots were from topping.
The strains that stall more than others are true landrace or heirloom varieties. Hawaiian skunk haze I grew a few years back hated topping. It would stall for a few weeks before it started growing again.
A lot of breeders now are putting out f1 crosses. The offspring are uniform and perform the same. The reason they do it is to make people buy more seeds for the same results. If you cross f1 and make f2 seeds there will be many different phenos. F1 crosses have hybrid vigor and will grow and recover faster than landrace or heirloom varieties. Its the same with most seeds sold at farm supply stores. It makes you come back for more seeds.
Back on point. The spots are not from topping. Never said that. The spots were from improper feeding and watering technique. That's been corrected and the plants have recovered.
You know very well that plants stall a bit when topped.
