Good thread. So what your saying is you have 4 main colas? instead of just 1 big one? This leads to a bigger yield of course? I've never FIM'd but maybe I may try.

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Excellent tutorial!!!! I am gonna do this when i start my non-auto strains...this fim for you!

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Clean consise info here. +rep

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Yes a good FIM will create 4 main branches not just 4 colas like topping so each branch will then grow more colas/buds. I choose to FIM once only because that is all I want to achieve as I grow my plants big and each branch ends up with a lot of weight on it and a very wide canopy.

This is what I would call a good result from FIMming and you can see that every branch below the FIM has been trimmed off so there is only the 4 main branches. I also trim part of the bottom of each branch as well so the plants focus all their energy on the many main colas and buds that each branch produces.





This is the same plant pictured above and you can see how wide the branches stretch and the buds that each brach produces

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Very Nice, How long is your veg time and what is the size of your light?

I usually Veg for 6-8 weeks but to keep this thread on topic please check out my journal which is linked in my signiture for more info on my setup and my growing methods.

Cheers

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Just an update on the Afghan that was FIMmed/pinched a few weeks back. I have trimmed up the plant as I always do but that is just because the plant is intended to be vegged for a longer time and eventually under some decent lighting so it will be grown big but so far the lack of light has slowed its growth. So far its only grown about 5-7 inches in height since I got it so the lack of care is showing in it development.
People that grow smaller plants may like to leave the lower branches on but when growing big plants the lower branches dont do enough to help the overall yield for me.

Oh yeah and this is a soil grow which is not really my thing as I prefer coco but its all I had available to me when I recieved the plant and I been too lazy to go a buy some more coco blend mix.









A close up of one of the new branches which so far has 3 new growth shoots.





And this one shows the new growth that I roughly ripped off to show what would happen if you miss

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oh wow always wondered wat fimming ment...thank..will be doing this the next run!!

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here's a picture of the first plant(sensi star) I attempted fimming. I liked the results so much, I'm going to do it to my christmas tree lookin ladies

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thanks this helped a ton i just fimmed a few of my ladys and already see that thanks to this thread i did it right