wat up simpsonsampson?!? just stumbled across this as i was rehashing the supercropping thread. tried to give ya another rep, but of course it wouldn't let me till i 'spread some around' lol. anyway 'nother gr8 thread man. its dudes like u who really make this site invaluable to all us smokers/wannabe growers. thx man.
now, back to the thread.... i unintentionally did super cropping and fim'ing last year and didn't even know the name for it!!! lmao. its funny the theory u gave bout how/wat fim'ing stands for/got named for cause thats exactly wat happened to me as i was topping more than one of mine last year. and the super cropping, i accidentally broke one of my better plants when i put it in the ground and it grew that 'knuckle' just like u described. i may have a pic of it. if i find it i'll come back and post that.
quick question: y wait to fim? don't i want the 'new tops' to have time to grow so they'll have bigger buds? i'm just sumwat confused over y i would wait to fim and not try to do it thru out veg. so there'll be more full grown tops ready for bud. appreciate ur advice man. and those're some bad ass grow pics btw. maybe 1 of these days i'll get to that point (fingers and toes crossed!!!) : )
you can FIM any time during veg you want.. the more you FIM the more tops/branches you can get to come off of each branch tip... but when they grow out, unless they have a good amount of time to grow, they will grow out more like side shoots.. they may hold a good sized flower...
BUT...
my theory is this... super cropping will give you a ton of tops as it is.. and the branches will already be nice and thick all the way up to the tips... so super cropping sets the stage for branches that can hold up huge ass flowers... FIM'ing at the last minute, like i said somewhere in that 2 week window i mentioned, the bud sites just elongate... by that i mean the bud sites that will grow out of the FIM will stretch and can give you longer flowers.. the branch below is strong enough to hold them up since the super cropping was done... and now the flowers can stretch more giving larger and longer buds...
from doing this my average main cola (the true main cola from the center stem) ends up 12+ inches no problems...
i hope that makes sense.. i may be able to "draw" an illustration if not..
i wanna talk to sampson..hey bro im new with the FIM'in method just FIM'd a few of my plants a few days ago and wondering if u can FIM more than once? im goin into flower in 3-4days and wanted to FIM one more time if i should or if i could
if you want to now would be fine.. you could really do it successfully up until a week into flowering...
Yes, thanks a lot sampson; your posts are imperative in helping me get started on the right path.
your welcome.. very glad to help!
