Fimming With My Blaze: A Complete How to FIM Guide

I used this method on my first grow and have up to 5 kolas and as few as 1 but it is neat and works good here are pics this one has 5 and the small one has two it was done small but it is a lowrider.

turtleblood said:

You said that FIMming 2 weeks before starting 12/12 was best for the potential growth you can get from the plant. What about FIMming many times over an extended veg period? You could essentially grow a tree if you did this, correct? Is that what you do in your grow? I am going back to look now... but thanks for the time you put into this! Very much appreciated!

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I FIM much earlier than the 2 weeks before flower because I veg for about 6-8 weeks but you can FIM multiple times at various stages. I only choose to FIM once because I am happy with the results I get from doing it once only. By FIMming numerous times over the veg period you could create an absolute monster with many branches.

goinforbroke said:

I used this method on my first grow and have up to 5 kolas and as few as 1 but it is neat and works good here are pics this one has 5 and the small one has two it was done small but it is a lowrider.

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Looks good mate, glad to see others that are using this method and getting good results. The smallest plant I have FIMmed was about 12cm tall and it still worked well. The only reason I do them between 1-2ft tall is because thats the size I recieve my clones.

I decided to do my whole batch!

Heres a couple updates of the previously FIMmed plant. I tried to bend the leaves out of the way to get a better pic.









Heres a close up of one of the new branches which has 3 new shoots so far:



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man, i wish i had read about this before starting my first grow! would have gone with this straight away!

does FIMing during the 12/12 have a problem?

this is our first grow and we are only doing two plants. one has a couple of problems, and part of me would happily just FIM it now and see what happens.

anyway, thanks for the info - and amazing plants dude. i would be jealous if i didn't want to keep things small and 'personal', in case PC plod comes knocking.

when a new growth tip grows, can i fim the branch again?
srry noob

tuffles said:

does FIMing during the 12/12 have a problem?

this is our first grow and we are only doing two plants. one has a couple of problems, and part of me would happily just FIM it now and see what happens.

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I have never FIMmed a plant during flower so I cant really comment on that. Im sure it wouldnt hurt the plant but I cant say whether there would be any benefit from doing it. If anyone has done it before then please post your results.

realbud said:

when a new growth tip grows, can i fim the branch again?
srry noob

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Yep you sure can as long as the new growth tip has developed then its fine. Just keep in mind that it may slow the overall growth of the plant for a couple days each time you FIM the plant.

thanks again.

what i thought. if it is already flowering, then you are not going to get the benefit of the extra veg growth.

maybe next time.

I tried Fimming one of my plants on monday and come to check it yesterday and noticed the little black dots from where I cut and I thought that they maybe were infected with some fungus or something. I think I may have kinda missed when I Fimmed but now I'm gonna Fim the rest. nice reading this thread and knowing it's all gravy now thanks Blaze

Good thread. So what your saying is you have 4 main colas? instead of just 1 big one? This leads to a bigger yield of course? I've never FIM'd but maybe I may try.

Excellent tutorial!!!! I am gonna do this when i start my non-auto strains...this fim for you!

Mysticlown150 said:

Good thread. So what your saying is you have 4 main colas? instead of just 1 big one? This leads to a bigger yield of course? I've never FIM'd but maybe I may try.

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Yes a good FIM will create 4 main branches not just 4 colas like topping so each branch will then grow more colas/buds. I choose to FIM once only because that is all I want to achieve as I grow my plants big and each branch ends up with a lot of weight on it and a very wide canopy.

This is what I would call a good result from FIMming and you can see that every branch below the FIM has been trimmed off so there is only the 4 main branches. I also trim part of the bottom of each branch as well so the plants focus all their energy on the many main colas and buds that each branch produces.





This is the same plant pictured above and you can see how wide the branches stretch and the buds that each brach produces

Very Nice, How long is your veg time and what is the size of your light?

1greencloset said:

Very Nice, How long is your veg time and what is the size of your light?

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I usually Veg for 6-8 weeks but to keep this thread on topic please check out my journal which is linked in my signiture for more info on my setup and my growing methods.

Cheers

Just an update on the Afghan that was FIMmed/pinched a few weeks back. I have trimmed up the plant as I always do but that is just because the plant is intended to be vegged for a longer time and eventually under some decent lighting so it will be grown big but so far the lack of light has slowed its growth. So far its only grown about 5-7 inches in height since I got it so the lack of care is showing in it development.
People that grow smaller plants may like to leave the lower branches on but when growing big plants the lower branches dont do enough to help the overall yield for me.

Oh yeah and this is a soil grow which is not really my thing as I prefer coco but its all I had available to me when I recieved the plant and I been too lazy to go a buy some more coco blend mix.









A close up of one of the new branches which so far has 3 new growth shoots.





And this one shows the new growth that I roughly ripped off to show what would happen if you miss

oh wow always wondered wat fimming ment...thank..will be doing this the next run!!

here's a picture of the first plant(sensi star) I attempted fimming. I liked the results so much, I'm going to do it to my christmas tree lookin ladies

thanks this helped a ton i just fimmed a few of my ladys and already see that thanks to this thread i did it right

Nice information on the subject. I just FiMed one of my smaller plants yesterday and Topped a few, I will FiM one of the bigger ones tomorrow. This thread was a nice read and helped me alot, thanks. +Rep 4 You.

Im glad to see this thread has helped some of you.

I found a home for the Afghan plant that was previously FIMmed so it is finally going to get under some decent lighting instead of the CFL it has been under. Its been doing ok so far with minimal care and lighting but once it gets under the HPS it will really take off.

Anyway here are the most recent pics of the plant. The FIM is circled in red so you can see the new growth the plant has had. Usually I would have trimmed off the lower 1 or 2 branches but since im not keeping this plant im not sure yet how big the new owner is wanting to grow it so until I know that the branches will stay on. I know some of you are probably thinking what lower branches coz it looks like ive trimmed them all off already but as you see in the earlier pics of the mature plant, I only leave on the 4 main branches after the FIM and I work with them. This plant has 6 main branches so if its going to be grown big then id be chopping the lower 2 branches off otherwise when it grows up it will be too bushy and then id have to spend more time trimming them up.