LST and FIM...are both okay to do?

[justinadidas]

Hello fellow growers,
I am in to my third grow now and getting the hang of things. I have used the FIM technique and was very happy with the results. I was just hoping to utilize both techniques to improve my yeild. On the other hand I don't want to kill my plants either. Any thoughts?? Thank you all in advance for your help.:thumbsup:

[keylime]

You can do anything you want with your plants as long as you leave at least 1/3rd of its greens standing....just make sure its NOT done the day before they graduate to the flower room. In other words let them recuperate before they go into flowering, as that will be their next great change with a possible replanting, different nutes and lights etc

[harrybuzz]

i just make a "rock ornament" as i call it ,from a rock and some bailing wire. i apply it in the morning and at the end of the day i can remove it and the branch retains the new shape. heres a pic

[WashougalWonder]

Essentially you are wanting to increase output per plant, correct?

If that is so, the longer the plant is in the vegetative state and allowed to gain height/size, the more the output will be in the flower state. This has a caveat of just how huge can you handle in flower? As an example I have 3 different plant species, one a true landrace sativa, a very indica dominate, and a Sativa with indica crossed in to keep down the height.

The Sativa went to flower at 6 inches after cloning. After 21 days in flower, it only just started to flower but is7 feet tall and it has to be FIM'd and LST to finish the flowering. I have no finished versions of this, so no idea how much I will end up with.

The Indica goes to flower at 16 inches, and finishes at about 3 feet. The cross goes to flower at a foot, gets FIM'd, and grows to about 4-5 feet at finish. Both these plants I have tried the FIM and nothing on them, and production is exactly the same every time if they go to the flower room at the same size as before.

So my complicated statement is trying to say, the plant size upon introduction to the flowering state is the greatest factor in how much the plant will produce. You will learn what size works for your plants and situation/room ceiling height.