well, no, essentially thats not what topping does, when you top a plant you are cutting the main stalk so it cannot grow again, that way the plant puts in more energy to growing the small branches that produce buds, they then grow thicker and stronger and grow much bigger than usuall, also topping is used to make plants easier to hide, and the lower you top, the lower the plant, so topping at early vegetation stage is often done for a good reason, unfortunately the internet holds little information on topping, so its hard to understand whats happening until you do it yourself, anyway thanx for the reply lol