One last time.... TOPPING

[porch blunt]

Ok so im about to top some train wreck and am paranoid as balls that ima gonna fuck up... so one last time.. will someone run me through topping.. I have sterile plyers and was gonna pinch the verrrrryyy newest node, which is almost like a little ball...? right? the veryyy top 2 leaves of the plant and nothing else?

 

[ganjaboii024]

topping is CUTTING off the top of the pant
not pinching the uppermost node, thats probly a way to do FIM
to top a plant take the uppermost node and cut the stem above the next node down
at that node in a few days you will see two new growths coming up

 

[ganjaboii024]

i found this pic on one of the forums here
hope it helps, shows both FIM and topping

 

[porch blunt]

which would you reccomend for a few, small, AG plants? fim or top?

 

[cruzer101]

Dude, I know this seems hard but it isn't.
You have a main stalk with stems coming out the side in four or five places right?

Look at the very top of your plant. drop your eyes until you see the stalk. cut it off

The stems will become two stalks.

 

[cruzer101]

What I do for a small area is top, wait a week or two then bend both main growth shoots on a 45 d angle and put them under a screen. as the shoots start to go to the light I bens them sown again. Keep this up until second week of flower. Then let them go.

Heres a shot from my journal

To give you some ideas here is just a bend and then under a screen. You could do this and keep
the main top.While the plant grows sideways the branches grow up and get large colas, Like a
main cola and this way you get to keep the main cola too!

Just bend your plant instead of topping.

 

[ganjaboii024]

i tried fim and it seems to slow growth a lot longer than topping and fim people say you get up to 8 new growth points, i fail to see proof of this

 

[cruzer101]

yes I agree, fem takes time. I would only do it outdoors.

 

[longlizard]

Ok so im about to top some train wreck and am paranoid as balls that ima gonna fuck up... so one last time.. will someone run me through topping.. I have sterile plyers and was gonna pinch the verrrrryyy newest node, which is almost like a little ball...? right? the veryyy top 2 leaves of the plant and nothing else?

What did you end up doing? Have any pictures....