I grew AK47 last year and am doing the same again this year, I tried to FIM last year but I missed and topped them, I've done the same this year and I know that 3 of the 4 plants have FIM'ed ok (have 4 shoots). I don't know if its gonna stress them into being male or not yet but last years topping produced 50% M/F which i guess is right as I never bought feminized seeds.
my temps go quite low and a couple of occasions the lights went out for 12+ hours when supposed to be on (having wind as primary energy has its downfalls) so to sum up... AK47 does seem like quite a forgiving/hardy strain in my opinion.
theeviltrees Reviewed by theeviltrees 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