Quote Originally Posted by isaacmstone
I am seeing this stuff first hand. I LST'd them both and they really look slick. Main stem going to the side and around the bucket with the "side shoots" growing toward the light.

Earlier I had also tied down some of the sides shoots as to not get a "highest top" shooting toward the light all by itself. This was about a week or two ago. Each plant has anywhere from 6 to 10 "main stems" now. Plants are only a foot or so tall, maybe taller, but not by much.

I haven't really seen any results from the fim. Maybe I did it wrong. The main stem is "retarded"-set back in growth, with nothing really to show at the fimmed area regarding multiple stalks. I tried cutting 80% of the new growth at the top of the stem, but nothing really has transpired. I am vegging for 5 weeks,just started the 5th week, just so I could let the plant do something with the fim, recover from it, and to also let the "side shoot" main stems get a little taller.

I am using 2 gallon pots that have to be at least 10 inches in diameter. That thread by someone with the colored lines was very informative and I just kinda followed the sketch. I used my hands to help bend, but also used the wire to pull them. Just like Covert said, kinda sorta.

What i prefer to do is FIM, wait 1 week to lets branch growth pick up, and then LST. When you top or FIM it stress's the plant for a couple of weeks and growth slows dramatically as hormones are distributed toward your branches instead of your main top.

Dont worry too much about seeing no progress with the FIM. Its just stressed a little bit and growth will pick up soon. Keep an eye on it though, sometimes if I dont FIM correctly i get fans leaves that are 1/3 cut off that sprout up. The plant never really gets topped when this happens too, it just kind of grows a retarted small cola. If done correctly though, you can get multiple topsl.

In my experience, a combination of FIM and then LST right after is the way to go, that is if you can veg them a while