Good luck, AJ! And I hope the shipping logistics work out better this time. Sounds like you learned a thing or five last time. Believe me, I know how *that* goes!
Wow AJ!j!! Sold on growing in the ground at your place now?
Had to post this picture...this was taken in my scorpion patch 11 July 2011...the plants are taller than I am....first harvest was a success, however, shipping those pods turned out to be a disaster...I was about 10 days late harvesting so I am on my way back to Ms today for the second harvest...
Plants do not need to be topped/LST'd to produce stems like that. If they are grown in conditions they like then they produce tons of main branches like that.