Idk where some people get their
Fox Farm soils, I wonder if they separate bags by quailty and sell lower quailty in bulk at a reduced cost to some suppliers.
I buy my
Happy Frog and Ocean Forest from the same local supplier, I've been buying it for years and have yet to have a bag I thought was crap or declining in quailty. Just picked up 4 bags and the 5th free, this is how I always buy it. I got 2
Happy Frog and 3 Ocean Forest, 1 of each has been opened and quailty is great like always.
I'll comment on topping as well.
If you have multiple plants in the same tent and they are different heights, you can cut each plant at a different node in order to make the plants the same height again so you have a more even canopy throughout your grow.
You will have to do some additional training later to keep it that way but topping so they are same height is a good place to start.
You still have a little bit to go before you top but I always make sure my plants are established in their final pot before I make the cut.
If this is your first time, I would use the cut method, which is called topping.
FIM is the pinch method.
I've fimmed a few times but topping seems to stop the stretch more so I stick to topping.