My first real grow i wanted to try and top one plant for experience. I really thought i was topping, but while reading, i discovered that i had fimmed my plant. Well, my mistake earned me 7 tops. Not small ones, but good size tops. I will post a pic of what it looked like. I believe it was at the third or forth node that i fimmed and this was grown in a flower tray, so if it had been in the ground, i believe it would have gotten even bigger. IMO, fimming is the way to go, but i haven't topped correctly. But with my result, id go back this year with the same technique.

This was my fimmed plant. Trying to show where i fimmed them, the tops and the frosty big bud the method did for me. I hope this helps as a pic can sometime help me to understand techniques iv never tried. Shows what it can do, but as a topping im unsure, like i said i thought this was a top.

But, irydyum helped me a bunch last summer and taught me a lot, so if ya got him chimming in, your in good hands:thumbsup:. I think if you open the second pic you can see at about a foot into growth is where the extra branches took off.

BTW this was some really crappy bagseed, but was all i had. Thing is, after i grew it out couch lock for sure, so must of had good genetics in it

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LetsSeeYa Reviewed by LetsSeeYa on . The result of FIM'ing vs. topping Can someone tell me what different effect on the plants these two procedures have? I've seen exactly how each procedure is performed, but I want to know what the difference is in the ultimate effect to the plant! My understanding of topping is that when you top the plant, growth focuses on the sidebranches and you get two smaller colas instead of one large one. For FIM'ing, I assume growth focuses on the side branches as well (maybe to a lesser extent), but what happens to the cola(s)? Rating: 5