but then, I had a coupla' flower tops forming that were just a wee bit ahead of everyone else, and so I thot: "Hmm.. it can't hurt too much, why not try FIMming 'em instead..."

Even if you don't get the magical '4' or '6' flower tops you're 'supposed' to, if you do it anywhere near right, you wind up with a much bushier flowertop, or two, and this is Not a Bad Thing. You can also help keep a plant more level with judicious use of the the technique.

Had a bad bit recently where some exhaust fans weren't running for like two hours of full light, and so some wilting occurred. BIGtime. After emergency measures were taken, and some mega-fan-leaf-chopping done, I FIMmed a few tops (that were burn't) for good measure, and the results are, well, kinda spectacular...