It sounded as if your plants were only a couple inches tall from your original post.ive got plants growin that are over 4ft and the stem is only half an inch long befo the branches start...i dont see what the lenth of the stem as got to do with it....all i no is i can take cuttings and get 6 or more stems to start from the main stem
Can you post a picture so I can get a feel for what the plant in question looks like?its about topping ive not done that with my cuttings, ive just got them to grow 6tems out of one stem... no topping
"Do a bit of work on it"your chatting about topping and im not....... i take a cutting then do a bit of work on it then from the main stem i can grow 1/2.3/4/5/6 stems from one node...no topping high times dude