fimming?

If you push the leaves apart at the very top of the plant you should see a small bud (not flowering bud but an actually leaf bud). Use a pair of nail clippers to pinch off about 3/4 of the bud. This should result in more than two top colas being developed. In a single FIM clipping you can produce up to eight new top colas.
The origins of this technique are humorous. As the story goes, FIM was discovered accidentally when a grower messed up a topping exercise. FIM stands for: "Fuck I Missed".

Another method of topping is called Super Cropping. By taking a branch between your forefinger and thumb you can gently crush the branch, causing it to develop multiple branches above the crushed area. You must crush it on the correct side or risk breaking the branch. Just squeeze lightly until you feel the branch give, then let go. If it gives easily then you have crushed it on the correct side. If it is hard to crush and the branch splits then you have chosen the wrong side. Practice makes perfect with Super Cropping.

Super Cropping should be carried out during the second or third week of vegetative growth and does stunt the plant. You should also note that plants that are Super Cropped can remain in the vegetative growth stage for twice as long as normal but the end result is a very bushy plant with multiple node regions that should all produce bud. Many growers have thrown Super Cropped plants away because they believed that the plants were not flowering in time. If you Super Crop your plants make sure that you have the patience to wait until the process is finished which is usually about four to six more weeks of vegetative growth.

not to throw the thread off topic again, but regarding the LST bow tie... if i might suggest the sheepshank...
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it is designed to do exactly what you need it to...

Right on, I'll have to try that knot. I don't know any good knots, never thought I would really need to either. :)

rope can be LOTS of fun, but i digress, that is a topic for another forum...

yeh, i know the basic idea of fimming, it was just hard to get the scissors in the right place, one of my bubblegums is gettin fimmed....properly...

I've been reading up on FIM, and I like it. So I'm gonna try it. I used a pair of nailclippers, and here's my end result. I think I got it right on the button...

Updates as they happen.

Looking close on day 3, I think I'm going to get 5? outta this.

Here are some pics of the top as we go along, up to 1.11

And up to today.

I've been fimming the moms with my fingernails. I wouldn't do it on a plant that is supposed to go into flower that month because of the recovery time, but it seems effective for getting the most possible cloneable shoots off one growing tip.