FIM technique: past experiences?

[Dr. Bloor]

I have been happy with the plants have cloned. They stay much smaller and seem to producing well. The mother to the Sativia was going out the roof of the greenhouse. The clone is a nice bush. Lots of nice buds. Same with the Afghan.

[Dr. Bloor]

I was just wondering about the FIM on the juicy fruit clone. The afghan also seems to be happy.

[Dr. Bloor]

FIMing is very difficult to do correctly. Most people who say they are FIMing are only topping. Not only is the placement of the cut critical, but also the shape. It is supposed to be a "U" shape, done with a bent razor blade or something. I have tried it several times, and haven't noticed anything other than topping results. Some people swear by it, but hell, how do you do it correctly?

I tried the u shape cut on these girls. Hell I just used some cuticle scissors. They have a u shape to them. I suppose I will just keep cloning away until it works out!

[Dr. Bloor]

Hmmm well Juicy fruit today.

[Dr. Bloor]

The clone maybe fim?

[Dr. Bloor]

This one I tried the FIM on. Juicy Fruit clone.

[Opie Yutts]

Opie: I do not think they are fimed either. I have no idea. These are plants that were cloned when the mother were in flower. I just thought I would try it. There growth did slow down. Then started again. Do you think I should just top them off?

Since the plants are flowering, I would wait until ready, then cut off about 65% for consumption, then reveg while utilizing topping or lst to keep them lower. I'm just assuming this is what you want.

[metalirock]

my attempt at fim'ing

[Opie Yutts]

I'm not really sure what you removed. 90% of what exactly? Is it 90% of a new shoot? It was my understanding you remove part of the new shoot before it starts turning into a node. I hope I'm not sounding like too much of an idiot here, but I always get freaked out when it comes to fiming. It's like I'm in the twilight zone every time I try to understand it. Perhaps it would help if I tried to understand it some time when I'm sober.

[Opie Yutts]

By the way thanks for taking the time to post a picture and explaination.