topping question??

209whitebread

209whitebread

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when you top or fim what you might call it , theres 3 shoots on the highest branch i cut the middle one , question is do am i supposed to cut it all the way down to the nub or leave just a little bit, thanks for any advice:blsmoke:
 
Marlboro47

Marlboro47

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It depends on what your doing. If your FIMing all your trying to do is stunt the growth on it so that more shoots pop out(you still want the part your FIMing to grow). If your topping it then your not planning on that shoot to continue growing so you cut the new node all the way off instead of 25% off.
 
209whitebread

209whitebread

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ok that makes sense now are the 2 shoots on the sides tops now or does that depend on how much i cut, as mine i didnt cut the whole thing 80-90%
 
Marlboro47

Marlboro47

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Its sounds like you FIMed it two new shoots came out then the middle one grew out, then you topped the middle again. Do you have any pics?
 
209whitebread

209whitebread

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i put some up the other day i havent since but i think i fimmed them which just stunted them so il still have one top or how does that work, thanks for the help by the way
 
Marlboro47

Marlboro47

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FIM 01.jpg Each blue line represents a shoot. The red line represents where it would be if I topped it instead of FIMed(The middle shoot wouldn't be there if I only topped it).

Lol, sorry for the coco on it. Makes it look really bad.
 
Marlboro47

Marlboro47

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Im actually going to FIM a couple of my plants. Ill make a video so you know the difference between topping and FIMing.
 
209whitebread

209whitebread

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Il b checkin it out, the whole point to topping or should i say f.u.k i missed, was i have 4 that are out growing the others so i wanted to stop that, so by fimming i definatly slowed them down huuh?
 
Marlboro47

Marlboro47

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What I did is FIMing.
If you want less tops just do a regular top. FIMing is a more advanced technique to get multiple tops. Fuck I missed means they diddn't succeed at FIMing. If you do in fact miss you will just be doing the regular topping method also similar to just cutting the stalk anywhere below the new growth.
What I ment by stunting is that you will just be stunting the new growth until two more tops come out(FIMing will usually cause less stress and recover faster then normal topping).
 
209whitebread

209whitebread

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marlboro47 said:
what i did is fiming.
If you want less tops just do a regular top. Fiming is a more advanced technique to get multiple tops. Fuck i missed means they diddn't succeed at fiming. If you do in fact miss you will just be doing the regular topping method also similar to just cutting the stalk anywhere below the new growth.
What i ment by stunting is that you will just be stunting the new growth until two more tops come out(fiming will usually cause less stress and recover faster then normal topping).
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the 2 pics u posted just got fimmed right now?
 
209whitebread

209whitebread

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Basiclly i cut the middle shoot but left a piece of it and the stem, in your opinion i plan on flippin over to 12/12 in about a week, you think ill be ok
 
Marlboro47

Marlboro47

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Damn man, I might not even post the video. You can barely even see what I did, pretty much me just smoking a cig, leaning over the plant, then saying "there you have it."
 
209whitebread

209whitebread

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Also i wrote down this teqnique to get 4 main colas, when its 5-6 nodes tall cut the stem just above the second true node
 
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