I did it. I topped Tessa1. The bud sites on the bottom were already fuller than I'd thought. I chopped the top off, clipped it and hung it to dry. I'm guessing I'll get about an 1/8th of good speedy bud off that. I'll let it dry and consider it a christmas present to myself.
Went to the hardware store and got some y connectors and some new 100 equiv CFLs. I think they're 23 or 26w. They're each 1750 lumens, in soft white. I now two of those each in clamp on lights w/ y connectors in the corners, over the plants. I have a 150equiv over Veronica who is now in the middle. Lisa2 and Tessa1 are now around the same height, so I put Veronica2 in the middle of them so she could stretch her pretty dark green leaves out. Minnie4 and IThinkICan6 are in the front, using the lamp, which has a y in it, giving 100w equiv of soft white for each of those. I have the adjustable arm lamp with another 100w equiv over the baby, giving side light to minnie4 and veronica3. I have another y connector hanging over Lisa2, giving side light to Veronica3, with 2 more 100equiv lights. Over all, I have 7 23w/ 100w equiv, soft white, 1750 lumens each. I have one 26w, 100w equiv, 1650 lumens, and one 40w, 150w equiv, and I'm guessing it's about 1800 lumens......overall total, 10,450 lumens...which is about what I should have had to begin with.