Topped my babies wrong. Now what?

Hello all,
Been a long, long time browser/reader and now I need some help myself.
Since I haven't posted before or introduced myself and setup, I'd like to just get to the point with this one.

I have 6 indoor plants. Read a ton on topping, still managed to do it wrong. I removed the top new growth and also removed the aux shoots at the stem (top only, oops). Ive been told two different things. 1) Leave it, it will automatically make the aux shoots below grow instead. And 2) re-top them, properly this time, before they have a chance to fully recover.
Which is my best plan of attack?
I will attempt to post a picture in about 10 mins.
Thanks for any info or advice.

Look at your plant. See how there is an auxilliary shoot where every leaf stem starts? Those will become new shoots. When you top you cut off the main stem. It will not grow from that point on. Instead the next two auxilliary shoots start growing and now you have two tops instead of one. So as long as you have at least one auxilliary shoot / growth tip it can continue growing.

Its a weed
As long as you veg long enough it will recover
All you did was slow growth for a bit

I've attached a picture. The red arrow shows where I removed the entire new growth and the "auxiliary shoot" where the leaf stem connects to main stalk.
On further inspection, 4 of them still have their aux shoot. So only 2 got massacred lol.

Horselover fat said:

Look at your plant. See how there is an auxilliary shoot where every leaf stem starts? Those will become new shoots. When you top you cut off the main stem. It will not grow from that point on. Instead the next two auxilliary shoots start growing and now you have two tops instead of one. So as long as you have at least one auxilliary shoot / growth tip it can continue growing.

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Thanks for the info! I am far, far from my first grow. Just my first time topping.
So should I leave it and let the next auxilliary shoot about an inch down take over? Or re-top them correctly? I understand what and where to cut now.

Your auxilliaries are so small it may take some time to see it grow. The photo is soft, but you might even have them still on the highest node. Don't cut more

Horselover fat said:

Your auxilliaries are so small it may take some time to see it grow. The photo is soft, but you might even have them still on the highest node. Don't cut more

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Sounds good. Ill post back in a few days with update. Appreciate the help and quick responses.

teddy bonkers said:

you didn't fim but fimming stands for fuck I missed. so, you can pretty much top anywhere and she will recover just fine.

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I was actually at a toss up between FIM and topping, but went with topping.
First time topping, ill keep that in mind. Thanks!

Horselover fat said:

Your auxilliaries are so small it may take some time to see it grow. The photo is soft, but you might even have them still on the highest node. Don't cut more

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You were spot on. I have new growth on the top of each plant. It will indeed have two main colas. Each new growth is about half inch long already!

@Horselover fat
Upon further inspection today, 5 of the 6 are exactly spot on.
The 6th one is weird. It actually has 6 new auxiliary shoots. Take a look at the pic attached. What you think? It's distinctly 6 new shoots.

That's because it got fimmed