I have been happy with the plants have cloned. They stay much smaller and seem to producing well. The mother to the Sativia was going out the roof of the greenhouse. The clone is a nice bush. Lots of nice buds. Same with the Afghan.
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I have been happy with the plants have cloned. They stay much smaller and seem to producing well. The mother to the Sativia was going out the roof of the greenhouse. The clone is a nice bush. Lots of nice buds. Same with the Afghan.
I was just wondering about the FIM on the juicy fruit clone. The afghan also seems to be happy.
I tried the u shape cut on these girls. Hell I just used some cuticle scissors. They have a u shape to them. I suppose I will just keep cloning away until it works out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
Hmmm well Juicy fruit today.
The clone maybe fim?
This one I tried the FIM on. Juicy Fruit clone.
Since the plants are flowering, I would wait until ready, then cut off about 65% for consumption, then reveg while utilizing topping or lst to keep them lower. I'm just assuming this is what you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Bloor
my attempt at fim'ing
I'm not really sure what you removed. 90% of what exactly? Is it 90% of a new shoot? It was my understanding you remove part of the new shoot before it starts turning into a node. I hope I'm not sounding like too much of an idiot here, but I always get freaked out when it comes to fiming. It's like I'm in the twilight zone every time I try to understand it. Perhaps it would help if I tried to understand it some time when I'm sober.
By the way thanks for taking the time to post a picture and explaination.
...... well usually when u fim its when the plant has just begun new plant growth, so that is what was removed.
I love the FIM and do it to all of my plants. Unloike most, I like to do it at about 2 weeks into flower or right when the small budding nodes begin to form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
Yes the placement of the cut is essential. It is important to cut right through the bud node while also clipping off the smaller leaves right around it. i like to just grab the tip of the bud and cut through the leaves and the node. It does cause the cola to grow out a lot causing it to get much bigger while getting a 2 or 3 headed cola at the tip.
You make it sound so easy. Maybe I'll try again.
trimming 90% is too much imo.same as special scissors.i wash my hands and use my thumb nail to take the top 75% of the new tip(unopened leaves at the end of a branch)i have never gotten 8 mains and sometimes it doesn't work at all but F it topping is good so if it dont work it still isn,t a bad thing
I'm with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by c of green
FIM isn't rocket science folks. Use your clean hands and pinch that fucker. Haven't any of you grown roses or tomatoes? It's the same principle. Find the brand new light/bright green growing tip. Then pinch off 3/4 of it with your fingernails. If you don't have nails use a pair of sterilized nail clippers.
Some strains will respond with a lot of tops, some won't. I have one strain that will give me lots of tops, but I sacrifice big colas. I have another strain that will give me lots of tops AND big colas. Other strains will just divide once and call it a day.
Long, clean fingernails. Pinch. Walk away for 2 weeks. Return to cloneable shoots. KISS.
"I have one strain that will give me lots of tops, but I sacrifice big colas. I have another strain that will give me lots of tops AND big colas. Other strains will just divide once and call it a day."
Good to know that Mrs GreenJeans. I have just had pretty good success with FIM on my skunk clones. Ended up with 20 main branch cola's from four plants, but they weren't as dense or fat as the cola's from my first grow. Overall the dried weight was much the same per plant. Actually the best plant from the first time had more weight from a single cola than the largest of the FIM'd ones. I would say other things may have a factor such as light spread over the canopy.
Next time I'm thinking of trying the pinching where you don't actually top the main cola just stun it to allow the branches to catch up as an experiment on one.
That would be my guess too. One of my strains I pinch for a reason. It has incredibly tight node formation, so I pinch to encourage branching so that I can tie those branches down/open for better light penetration to the sides of the branches/bud sites.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackHerer
Well i feel a bit more informed now, im thinking on my 2nd grow im going to try and combine FIM with some LST.
My recent grow log shows the results of FIM. My last grow also had successful FIMed plants.
sorry, my link didn't work
Shov
shov i wunna see ur grow log :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle