Topping impossible? Too compact

So I want to top my babies but 80% of them have no space to cut them. When I look pictures of people topping their plants, i can always see a clear stem where they cut it, but in my case, it’s too « compact » and not sure where to cut. I’m not sure what to do, should I wait for them to grow taller? You can see on the pics 2 different plants that represent almost all of my plants.

You can top right under where the top fan leaves are growing out of.

Let em grow a little longer, It will be easier..

OverCloudz said:

So I want to top my babies but 80% of them have no space to cut them. When I look pictures of people topping their plants, i can always see a clear stem where they cut it, but in my case, it’s too « compact » and not sure where to cut. I’m not sure what to do, should I wait for them to grow taller? You can see on the pics 2 different plants that represent almost all of my plants.

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I had a plant like that and had to cut further down that I wanted to then slice all the nodes off to give me 3" of stem to dip in rooting gel then powder. It rooted tho.

Could raise the light or dim it to try to force it to stretch some but may not make a difference and could take a couple of weeks or more.

Edit: I may have misunderstood. If you just want to top it you could try for a FIM or just nip the grow tip out of the top. Same effect as topping by cutting the stem further down.

Not all plants respond well to topping
Nip the ends off it will still regrow maybe just not in a uniform manner

Perfect for starting to top. I usually do it about this stage.

Done.

Budzbuddha said:

Done.

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Look up manifolding / hubbing.
Cannabis is far more resilient than you think.

You can shape pretty much any plant.

thanks guys, they are now sleeping but I'll cut under the node like @Budzbuddha showed. Just never seen someone doing this so i'm a bit scared

OverCloudz said:

thanks guys, they are now sleeping but I'll cut under the node like @Budzbuddha showed. Just never seen someone doing this so i'm a bit scared

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Don't feel bad man. You're not alone. We were all scared our first time,

PadawanWarrior said:

Don't feel bad man. You're not alone. We were all scared our first time,

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i've topped before but just not under nodes

OverCloudz said:

i've topped before but just not under nodes

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They're tougher than you think. You can basically shape them however you want. But you really don't have to top it. I like both ways, but that fatty stem girl I'd be fine to leave alone. But all answers lead to the same