FIMing - Fail or Success?

[evilgunny]

Ok, so I just fimmed two plants, both slightly different. I think I missed the miss :/ Any input would be appreciated as always

evilgunny Reviewed by evilgunny on 05-23-2009. FIMing - Fail or Success? Ok, so I just fimmed two plants, both slightly different. I think I missed the miss :/ Any input would be appreciated as always Rating: 5

[filo6942]

looks good, but you will know if its a success in a week or so. Some plants do not like fimming, I have found this with sativa dom strains.

[evilgunny]

ahhh. I believe those two were PPP. hope they respond well. do you know which was more correct? one I did a bit lower than the other...

by the way, love your avatar, gir is the shit. the girl isnt so bad, either

[filo6942]

When I fim, I aim for the 2nd pic, and it works great. :stoned:

[evilgunny]

hope you're right, cuz I just fimmed 16/18 of them. (two aren't ready imo)

[headshake]

you want to knock ~80% off and leave 20.


-shake

[socialistpete]

You get a feel for it over time, the worst that will happen is nothing. Your cuts look good!

[Divestoned]

I tried "Fim" a long time ago when I first got into growing,I decided that "topping" was way more effective.Maybe try some of each and see what you think.

Dive:stoned:

[evilgunny]

you want to knock ~80% off and leave 20.


-shake

That's what I was aiming for, just wasn't sure if I should include the bit of stem before the fluffy bit of leafy growth, or if I even got it at the right point at all. The diagram floating around only shows a top view after the cut, so I wasn't too sure.

You get a feel for it over time, the worst that will happen is nothing. Your cuts look good!

There's already a bit of new growth on the plant in the second pic. The first one was looking dead, so I just topped it. When I topped it there was a gush (well, few drops) of purple liquid that came out. Hope that's normal :x Thanks for the encouragement

I tried "Fim" a long time ago when I first got into growing,I decided that "topping" was way more effective.Maybe try some of each and see what you think.

Dive:stoned:

Out of curiousity, what made you decide that topping was the way to go? Wouldn't the potential for 8 tops be worth it? Though as of yet I don't see how this is possible via cutting that bit of new leaf growth off. I thought the point was to make more side "branches" into main branches. I just don't see how fimming will produce more branches. But I guess in time (hopefully) I'll figure it out

[Divestoned]

Well I find that topping allow's the plant to recover faster than fim=more plant sooner.And when done correctly topping will produce as many (if not more) branch's than fim will.I top most of my plant's and will be showing off different techniques over the next few month's in my log,so your welcome to have a look.The point is..try topping and fim,and LST,and a combination of several,you'll find what you like best.

Dive:stoned: