How do i prune my plant?

I would like to know how to trim leaves off of my plant to make it produce more bud? My friend was taught how to make the plant more bushy by trimming certain leaves off.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,Peace out........

Contributed by: Crazy Composer

Early Vegetative Pruning




After the tops come off, there's a window of opportunity to get those second-story branches to reach up to the top floor and stay there. After I've got the four main tops at the same level (more or less) and the plant is throwing growth shoots on those top branches, I'll FIM those new shoots at the top. This creates a thick canopy of bud sites at the top, and the secondary bud sites are close to the top as well. I use this method for plants that will finish flowering at about two & one-half feet. Anything shorter, like in a clone, quick turnaround garden, the FIMing should happen straight away. FIM it early (fourth or fifth leaf set) to keep it short. These seedlings were topped at the fourth node (leaf set), and FIM'd later to gain height.




After the attack








Post battle schematics








Group before the Battle





These are the NLs before boot camp.





After training





The soldiers, waiting for their next assignment. (after pruning)





The results are in!

Very nice info mogie. I would give you some ++rep but I just did on another thread.

awesome. nice n easy explanation.

kinda funny question, what would happen if u put cloning gell on the lower clipped branches?

On the bit where it says 'branches have been pruned' how do you do this as its not very clear?

Hey Doc, have a look at the top of the explanation, Crazy Composer mixed up the order of the pics a bit, or at least made it a bit confusing
I had to go over it twice as well

this really great, especially if you going to take cuts for cloning anyway

Topping a Plant

1. Locate the very top of your plant and cut through the main stem just below the newest growth. This should be done after the 3rd or 4th leaf set but can be done at any time after the 3rd leaf set.

2. Shows Plant Top cut off and where the 2 new Branches that will form a "Y" in the main stem will grow from.

3. Shows the newly topped plant after 2 days of growth, notice the Y in the Stem Forming.

FIMMING A PLANT!

Fimming is actually no different that topping, what fimming does is virtually the exact same thing only your leaving part of the new growth. This only takes of part of the new growth and actually topping the very very new growth which is very hard to see.

What this ends up doing is making it seem as if your getting 4 new tops right next to eachother when its actually only 2 at the very top (like topping) but since it was cut so closely to the next newest set of fanleaves 2 branches which would have formed there anyways seems to make it look like there is 4 new tops.

This is how you go about doing this.

1. Locate the very top of the new growth

2. With a clean sterilized scissors, Fold the fan leafs over and cut approximately 80% of the new growth off the plant.





3. View from the top showing the Cut




4. View of the Cut section after 2 days growth, showing the 4 new growth shoots (branches)




Thats IT!!!! you should be well on your way to Topping and Fimming of your plants.

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oops supposed to but at top contributed by mogie

wow thats really informative! not seen it in so much detail before. thanx a bunch. should be a sticky!!!