Fimming!!!!

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Mannheim

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Hey Guys. Grow 4 here...tried to fim 18 plants after finally watching some decent footage on you tube. After about a week or so....I was pretty sure I'd done it wrong because it seemed like the growth had just stopped at the top of the plant. Another week or 2 goes by and I can actually start to see the double stalks growing up, pretty cool. Here's my questions:
1. Is there a optimum time to FIM? If so..when?
2. I read you lose 2 weeks when you FIM. Is this true? If it is...are there cases where it wouldn't be efficient to FIM?
3. Is there ANY reason I wouldn't want to FIM my plants??
4. Anyone have some ballpark ideas on how much of a % fimming could possibly increase your yield? Everyone says it WILL increase your yield, ideas of averages?


Please shower me with some responses here people. Green shower.
 
sea of green not good to fim,after 4th node is optimum time,you do lose 2 weeks in rejuvenation time, you can double you yield with skills and LST
 
How many plants would you say would be too time consuming to LST? I have a total of 100SF of flowering space. Seems that fimming is alot less time intensive. That 2 weeks definitely has a quantifiable value moneywise.
 
As early as u can, (approx 5-6" tall), throughout early vegetative growth... And you will have plenty of recovery time before flowering, and massively increase your yields...
 
2 weeks loss of growth wtf it stops growth for max 4/5 days not 2 week imo its not gonna yeild you more bud but more littler buds ;-) trust me i done it time ago and its best done with mother plants as you get alot of cazy ass thin stems to take your cutts from to maximise yeild either lst or suoercroo !!
 
Allrighty then... I'm just telling you guys what goes on in my garden... The plants experience shock when topped or pruned in any way, usually...and especially if it's being done in multiple areas, to create larger plants... So, it may very well take longer than 4 days if u do it to the ends of the main four end shoots of and already topped plant... With, or without proper support and/or trelissing, it does not create thin, weak stems, especially if u have good ventilation and r running supp. CO2, and it DOES increase yield... I can show u pictures on my profile of single plants that look like three all in one, so you're telling me the tripling the size of plants during veg, via supercropping, will NOT increase yields after flowering is complete??? True enough the meristem(of an otherwise un-pruned plant) turns into the apical stem of a topped plant, but with up to 8+ large, heavy top colas per pruned plant, I must disagree with u completely. The resulting multiple tops are ALL at least 90% of the size that the ONE main top cola would be on an uptopped plant... LST is a great practice to do on a super-cropped plant as well...if u have the time and dedication... Man, this is all proven and well-documented stuff here....
 
Wtf were was he on about topped ???? Ive grew all methods goin accept scrog yes ive topped fimmed lst suppercropped monster cropped go figur the op is on about fimming which results in pitched tops =-O which as a result gives plenty of finer stems than would be with a tooped plant hence why its good for mother plant shit am i the only 1 not baked here haha imo under the right light spread out evenly over a plant that is nt topped pruned fimmed will get you the same results as 1 that is topped fimmed and pruned;-) believe me ive been round long enough to have figured this bs out for myself over a number of grows each im sorry for the dissapiontment but its either you ve neva fimmed and gettin mistaken and thinkin your topping;-)

btw all techniques will work but only if in the right inviroment to get a bush id be useing supercroppin its a real easy technique to master but if your not confident enough low stress trainin will be your next step!!
 
Im sorry op but im sure your on about toppin not fimmin which is totally a diffrent ball game either way your not likely to get increased yeild im sorry bit true :-(
 
Ok, ok... I gotcha man... You got it, you got it... Supercroppinz the way to go... No arguments here... I dont use the ScrOG or SOG methods, so mabye I missed that, since Im kindof torn up about having to give my dog away this a.m. My bad... Just tryin ta help...
cheddar1985 said:
Wtf were was he on about topped ???? Ive grew all methods goin accept scrog yes ive topped fimmed lst suppercropped monster cropped go figur the op is on about fimming which results in pitched tops =-O which as a result gives plenty of finer stems than would be with a tooped plant hence why its good for mother plant shit am i the only 1 not baked here haha imo under the right light spread out evenly over a plant that is nt topped pruned fimmed will get you the same results as 1 that is topped fimmed and pruned;-) believe me ive been round long enough to have figured this bs out for myself over a number of grows each im sorry for the dissapiontment but its either you ve neva fimmed and gettin mistaken and thinkin your topping;-)

btw all techniques will work but only if in the right inviroment to get a bush id be useing supercroppin its a real easy technique to master but if your not confident enough low stress trainin will be your next step!!
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And, Ive been growing for over 15 years myself, for the record, and have indeed FIMed, topped, supercropped, used LST techniques, and all that... I dont think I'm inexperienced in any of these diciplines... But thanks for implying that I am, simply because u may be older than 35.... Chill out just a hair bro...
 
Bruv i was tryin to help out but u was nt seing this shit thats why i go on like i do im not a expert at growin mj but ive been around long enough to av tried all techniques more than a handfull of times and failed along the way not drastically but imo failed as ive set high standards that was nt met fimmin will slow growth for 4/5 days max toppin will be 10days+ supercroppin will slow down growth for a few days max dependin if u tie down branches that were bent lst will not slow growth but transfer energy else were as will supercroppin but to less of an extent than supercroppin does hence why id use it to make a bush in a very good time!!
 
Aight man... Itz all good... No worries... Im no expert either, only have about 15 years of solid grow exp... Not much to brag about, especially compared to some of my ole hippie brethren, who have like 40+ years of solid growing under their old belts! lol! No hard feelings on this end...
 
Na bro im sure ya pals will tell ya same as !! You ll always learn from each grow u do it the way shit evolves cannabis cultivation is changin all the time and its good and bad at the same time its tryin shit out yaself in diffrent situations that you learn more from believe it or not but there will neva be the be all and end all of new weird and exciting techniques were mj is concerned its been like it for years and until u try and master these techniques yaself you ll neva truely know how good they work shit i used to think it was hard to grow until i actually got my shit together and neva looked back and will neva do eva again hence why i like to set high grades for maself its no biggy to be right or wrong if ya wrong you ve only yaself to blame but wen ya right you owe it to yourself to try harder next time you do it for to better yourself and wot you ve found that works for you !!

I see you ve had a cal def try carry on as normal pal it ll pass from good run off no need to panick its not gonna kill your yeild if its not sittin in dirt that is soggy for days !!
 
Btw ya just gained ya stripe !! Done me head in earlier as it felt i was nt gettin through to ya but your good lad stay green ;-)
 
Hey, thanks man... I try to be of service where I can be, and get along with everybody, as we r all stuck here on this big, beautiful ball of dirt together! I sure don't try to be a jerk to folks, if nothing else, I don't want them to be one to me... And then there's the whole karma thing... If ya keep doing good by others, itz bound to come back to ya after a while... lol... But, I totally agree with ya... It changes and usually, for those who listen, and learn, and adapt, it gets a lil better each time... With changing equipment, to changing or evolving methods, to plain ol' experience, it never ends... But, it sure is a nice ride, the whole way! Peace out bro! Have a gud un!
 
@cheddar - Hey man, I'm on my 4th grow and this is the first time I've ever done any plant modification. Fimmed 18 cause it was the most commonly referred to method of boosting yield. I don't want to LST cause I'm waaay too busy to be that finicky, plus I've got plenty of room and light. Seemed like fimming would be advantageous cause *chop* and boom, done, twice the main colas. Now I've read the word supercropping often also but I'd always assumed it was a combination of fimming/lst/scrog or whatever, but if it's a specific strategy, please, do tell. Only reason I post on this forum is to get better at growing weed :) Also, is there a difference between 'topping' and 'fimming'??

Thanks again.
 
Let me run u threw so you can graso the idea of fimming and toppin bro!!

Fimmin :
Wen fimming your pinching the new growth from the very tip of the stems which will cause it to stoo growin for a few days and concentrate the plant to grow more stems at the next node down without minimal loss to your vegging plant hence why it only takes a few days for it to recover!!

Topping :
Wen toppin your not pinchin out new growth but cuttin under the node so your main cola stops growin all together and as the plant recovers it realises that it has a fault and concentrates growin the stems it already has to become main colas hence why its far better to top than it is to fimm wen lookin for more even growth and yes it will perform better at giving you for more bigger buds than fimming your plants but i would nt say bigger yeild than a plant that is nt fimmed or topped
supercropping
Is a techniquethat is
 
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