Should I f.i.m or top?
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researching
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I'm a FIM fan.
mouse1818
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I just fimmed it.
mouse1818
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Yea it as a little late... oh well.
budman111
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its not too late yet!
Silky T
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I have 3 plants that looks just like this and I am dumbfounded on what to do. Yea, I LST'd it and FIMed it but I haven't topped it yet. I feel as tho, since (and I don't know about you) I have a small grow room I'm just going to let them take their own course from here. I've fxxed with them enough and they are already far behind others at 28 days. I just want them to grow, grow, grow now.I'm following the 4 way Lst method. I have my 5th branched out already should I top the new growth or fim it?
3429165[/ATTACH] I screwed that up. You get the picture (pardon the pun).
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researching
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This is why I like to FIM
Silky T
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I've fimmed them too much, I can tell and I don't have the space for wider plants from topping like I thought I did. So I am LSTing.
Is anything that's not a fanleaf a branch?
mouse1818
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Glad I fimmed then!
neonknight420
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Super cropping is definitely more productive, doing it correctly out performs any other method.
Silky T
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Supercropping?
neonknight420
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Never heard of? You should go on youtube, they have some really informative videos on the subject. Also have many good threads on here to read up on, but definitely go watch some videos first before you start reading.
Silky T
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That's an excellent term for what I did to one of my PPPs. I "cropped" (I'll look it up) the crap out of it because it had too many wild and wooly fan leaves and since I had fimmed it twice, I had a LOT of new growth on the stem that wasn't getting any light. Sooo, I mohawed her. Then she stunted, bad. So I've decided to mainline her -http://www.growweedeasy.com/mainlining-nugbucket and https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-main-lining-thread.542308/page-244 Think I can pull it off?
Silky T
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I just lost what I typed. I said that I had cropped (crippled in my case) one of my PPPs and she wasn't growing so I looked around to see what i could do with her and decided on main-lining. What do you think? http://www.growweedeasy.com/mainlining-nugbucket think I can pull it off? I'll look up supercrop. The link isn't working let me see what's up. Try this one: https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-main-lining-thread.542308/page-244
Jimdamick
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What, as a seedling? That plant is way young for anything. I like to FIM early ( at around 4 nodes, and only if the plant is strong, and if it isn't, then I don't touch it because all you are asking for then is a stunted plant. Only after 5 or 6 branches have developed, then I will top, which by that time the plant should tall enough to play with it ( around 12" high or 3-4 weeks, depending on strain, and how good the environment is,(lighting being crucial) Call me a fool, but I do not fuck with a plant until it has a good root system, which I have found to be on average 2.5 weeks. When the plant has the ability to recover from the stress that WILL occur from the cuts, only then I will go into Bonsai mode, and start to sculpt the plant.
neonknight420
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Your now at a point to where the more you keep doing the more ya going to delay the plant. I personally think you've done too much and just let it grow. If you over do it your just going to stress and stunt it. Just leave them be and let them grow out and just focus on the overall health of your plants. Remember less is always more, you can over do topping, fimming, or supercropping just like anything else. You're at the point to where you're doing more harm than good, let them grow out and you will have much happier plants. Peace.
Silky T
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Yea I get that feeling. I need to quit messing with the 4 girls and only mess around with the freebies and others that are just staying soooo small. they'll catch up and I will be able to play with them. Good idea.
Dr.Pecker
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fim and shake the shit out of them, pinch or twist stalks but don't break or fold them. A fan is good. Mainlining is good it you are able to do so with that plant.