Fimming and Topping = mroe bud??

GrowinBigRed

GrowinBigRed

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Ok so im a new grower thinking about topping or fiming my plants yet i havent decided. but if im doing a 1 plant 400w HPS and MH opperation which should i do??

Also, whats the benifits and Bad side of this?? Do i end up with more bud? or the same amount just better quality??

Im very confused...

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bts420

bts420

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GrowinBigRed said:
Ok so im a new grower thinking about topping or fiming my plants yet i havent decided. but if im doing a 1 plant 400w HPS and MH opperation which should i do??

Also, whats the benifits and Bad side of this?? Do i end up with more bud? or the same amount just better quality??



Topping your plant will cause it to grow two branches out of the main stem so you will get 2 top colas instead of one. Downfall to this is you will have to veg. a little longer because your plant has to heal and grow those two new sites. I like to low stress train, then trim some bottom branches for air flow and good top cola yield. Look up LST or low stress training. Your plant wont be stressed so much and growth remains constant. I also have some pics in my journal of LST on some clones in 5gal's(click on my avatar to find journal). Hope this helps a little.
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GoldenGanja13

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I tryed them all, and I am 100% Fim, every plant at 6" is a fim and maybe one more 2 weeks later. I do Veg til at least 18-24" high. I rather fim than anything because I like haveing many, many tops close to the light instead of one cola close to light and so many small buds way below. And when dealing with light, the closer the better.
 
GrowinBigRed

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Ok i get the process and what it does etc.... personally i dont have a time problem im a pacient person... but which one will give me mroe quantity and quality?
 
XxNinjaxX

XxNinjaxX

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Fimming will give you more Qauntity & better Quality as you are growing off main stems so there is more nutrient and all ur buds will be on the same level nice and close to the light as GoldenGanja said..
 
stiffer

stiffer

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when fimming you tie down the branches right??? is topping your plants part of fimming
 
GoldenGanja13

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Yeah fer sure (xXninjaXx) . If you don't fim most of the hormones go straight up meristem branch, and if you fim it is equally divided up the branches. As Ninja said.
 
GoldenGanja13

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No you dont need to tie them down, it will be a beautiful canopy. 2-3 week in flower you might want to open it up by useing some strings and pulling them open.
 
grind

grind

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if you let the plant grow to about 6 nodes and cut at the 2nd node, you will get 4 main colas, look up uncle bens topping technique.
 
GoldenGanja13

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grind said:
if you let the plant grow to about 6 nodes and cut at the 2nd node, you will get 4 main colas, look up uncle bens topping technique.
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I don't care much for topping. Maybe if I was doing like a 20 or more at once. But I am a medical grower following the rules.
 
grind

grind

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GoldenGanja13 said:
:bigjoint:
I don't care much for topping. Maybe if I was doing like a 20 or more at once. But I am a medical grower following the rules.
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what's wrong with topping as opposed to fimming? they're the same thing, all your doing is redistributing the hormones found in the main growing tip, to the lower axillary buds, causing them to grow and become the main colas. and another good thing about uncle bens technique is that you can use the part that you cut off as a clone and start all over again.
 
GoldenGanja13

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The top is always the hardest and least amount of hormones when cloneing.
Besides all that, I dig having a canopy of many tops up close to the light opposed to 4 main tops. My method has a personal record of 7.5 oz on one plant, I hope to break it this time around (inside grower/Soil). Other Plants came in between 4-6 oz.
 
grind

grind

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GoldenGanja13 said:
The top is always the hardest and least amount of hormones when cloneing.
Besides all that, I dig having a canopy of many tops up close to the light opposed to 4 main tops. My method has a personal record of 7.5 oz on one plant, I hope to break it this time around (inside grower/Soil). Other Plants came in between 4-6 oz.
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well if you're averaging 5 oz a plant, then i think you should just stick with whatever it is you're doing lol.
 
GoldenGanja13

GoldenGanja13

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Here's the deal, I just veg until they are 18-24" high.
But at 6" I fim then 2 weeks later I fim again, then 1-2 weeks later (must be mature) I clone everything below the first fim. Then when plants reach Normaly 22" I flush 2x method then take out all the lil thin stems that are just thin and stuck in the middle. Flower and there you go.
 
stiffer

stiffer

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can some give me instructions on the difference and how to do, fimming and .... topping, see dont quite get how fimming works
 
GrowinBigRed

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Ok so i have a 100% savita Super Lemon Haze plant...

how can i produce the most yeild with this... i hopefully want 5oz or more... Im using Fox Farm ocean soil and Fox farm 3pack for nutes...

how can i get a shit load of bud from oe plant??
 
armlengthbuds

armlengthbuds

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fim in very early stages like the thunbs up dude, then when they get 20 inches tall super crop those dudes. Basically every node on every branch, including the noe strong side branches will become a big cola. if you dont know what supercropping is look on youtube for great lesson. Now dont be scared of the supercrop, some are afraid to do it. but this works great for me. I can grow 6 plants under a 600 watter, use BMO 100% organic nutes and yield around 30 to 40oz.s of cured bud!!! its better than scoging fo sho.

 
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