hahahahaha that you are correct about, ive topped it religiously, my tent is very small, so I am bushing them out instead of up, on the big plant anyways, I have 6 main branches and 12 smaller branches growing up from the middles as i slowly bend the main branches out, hahahahah if i didnt do it this way, when i go to flower i think I will be way to tall for my tent, so u got me on that one