training questions

[intergalactic_harvester]

I have 5 plants, all doing great despite my fumbling. 3 plants are a full node ahead of the other 2. the 2 are lagging my fault, and they are strong n healthy now just behind.
the 3 racehorses can probably be cut tomorrow, I don't think anything can stop them and they will still have enough veg left over to not miss a beat. the other 2 need a few more days to reach that comfort zone.

#1. should I wait until I can chop em all together, or take them as they become ready individually?
#2. are the laggers far enough behind the others that it might be better to manifold the monsters and top and pull over the laggers?

once again, none of these plants are weak in any way, and I want to keep all if I can, and somehow bring them all to the same place so things aren't staggered out almost a week. if that even matters at day 16 from seed.
yesterday I cleaned them all below node 2 so the damaged 1st leaves aren't taxing the rest of the plant, and this morning the growth definitely did NOT slow down at all.

suggestions and comments appreciated!

[Potted]

If u top the big ones it will give the others a chance to catch up.that being said in the end the small ones might be your biggest producer! G luck

[intergalactic_harvester]

thanks much potted! looks like 3 of my girls are getting new hairdos tomorrow then!

[Bubba]

I had the same issue, but am growing 3 different strains; Atomic, Monster Cookies, and my best growers 2 Superman. I am training with soft coated wire, and as Potted said I use FIMing and did each plant at different times and they now seem to be growing at nearly the same rate.

[intergalactic_harvester]

im only running peppermint kush this time, but kinda figured this might apply to multi strain grows also. my only real concern here was the leading 3 plants going too far to manifold while i wait for the others to catch up. thanks bubba!