THANK YOU! SO useful to have a good explanation with visuals... And explaining exactly the difference between FIMming and topping is great. Now I know when and how I should FIM in the future.

You said that FIMming 2 weeks before starting 12/12 was best for the potential growth you can get from the plant. What about FIMming many times over an extended veg period? You could essentially grow a tree if you did this, correct? Is that what you do in your grow? I am going back to look now... but thanks for the time you put into this! Very much appreciated!

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I used this method on my first grow and have up to 5 kolas and as few as 1 but it is neat and works good here are pics this one has 5 and the small one has two it was done small but it is a lowrider.

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I FIM much earlier than the 2 weeks before flower because I veg for about 6-8 weeks but you can FIM multiple times at various stages. I only choose to FIM once because I am happy with the results I get from doing it once only. By FIMming numerous times over the veg period you could create an absolute monster with many branches.

Looks good mate, glad to see others that are using this method and getting good results. The smallest plant I have FIMmed was about 12cm tall and it still worked well. The only reason I do them between 1-2ft tall is because thats the size I recieve my clones.

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I decided to do my whole batch!

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Heres a couple updates of the previously FIMmed plant. I tried to bend the leaves out of the way to get a better pic.









Heres a close up of one of the new branches which has 3 new shoots so far:



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man, i wish i had read about this before starting my first grow! would have gone with this straight away!

does FIMing during the 12/12 have a problem?

this is our first grow and we are only doing two plants. one has a couple of problems, and part of me would happily just FIM it now and see what happens.

anyway, thanks for the info - and amazing plants dude. i would be jealous if i didn't want to keep things small and 'personal', in case PC plod comes knocking.

when a new growth tip grows, can i fim the branch again?
srry noob

I have never FIMmed a plant during flower so I cant really comment on that. Im sure it wouldnt hurt the plant but I cant say whether there would be any benefit from doing it. If anyone has done it before then please post your results.

Yep you sure can as long as the new growth tip has developed then its fine. Just keep in mind that it may slow the overall growth of the plant for a couple days each time you FIM the plant.

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thanks again.

what i thought. if it is already flowering, then you are not going to get the benefit of the extra veg growth.

maybe next time.

I tried Fimming one of my plants on monday and come to check it yesterday and noticed the little black dots from where I cut and I thought that they maybe were infected with some fungus or something. I think I may have kinda missed when I Fimmed but now I'm gonna Fim the rest. nice reading this thread and knowing it's all gravy now thanks Blaze

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