FIM! Did I really miss?

[ChefKimbo]

Hello 420 family!!!

Ok here is a pic of my two oldest girls, both 13 days old. I decided to top them both, in anticipation that these maybe sativa dominant plants. They seem to be growing very well and not stretchy much either. So at day 10 I decided FIM them both to get an early handle on plant height. They are recovering fine, but big fingers and a nervous twitch may have ruined a good FIM with one of my plants. I have some closeups, sorry for quality its the best I can do.

There is a the first one, seems to be a good clean FIM, I can see a lot of activity in the new growth. Here is a close up of the other.

There is new growth but one side doesn't seem to be rebuilding well. She also is a mutant, you can see the small leaf on the rear of the fan leaf! The question is did I screw up my plant or will grow through this? The reason i'm asking is because I plan to train these plants for maybe another week and go into flower. Will this effect the durability of the stalk in anyway?

 

[Croatsan]

You did it at the right time. I'm always done with my topping early, by the end of the second week. I would've FIMmed them a millimeter or two more but it doesn't really matter.

I would suggest to keep them vegging for a full month if possible. I know it's hard to believe, but an extra week of veg can do wonders for a stressed plant.

Bottom line - you didn't screw your plant.

 

[ChefKimbo]

For a full month you say? Do you think you can tell if these plants are sativa or indica dominant at this stage? I only have a 4' box, realistically 3'1/2 with the lights. The leaves are huge compared to my first unsuccessful grow and I'm sure those were indica plants. So a month from today would give me 16 days of veg before I go into budding. They seem vigorous enough to grow very well in 16 days. My next move will probably some LST and then i'll evaluate things from there. I'm guessing I could very well decide to keep vegging depending on how the LST goes.

Thanks man for the response!!

 

[Croatsan]

Hardly. At least, I can't tell the difference between an Indica and a Sativa that early. Right now I'm growing a Sativa which looked like an Indica during the first 45 days

When I've said stress, I didn't mean LST, I meant topping and (or) FIMming. LST is not much of a stress for the plant, hence the name - Low Stress Training.

 

[ChefKimbo]

BUMP!

Quick update, one of the plants I Fimmed gave me 7 Colas back!! I've been researching this and most of what I've seen is an average of 4 colas.

There she is!!! Recovered very well from fim and transplant. As you can see I'm doing my best to get those colas some light and get them going!!!

I've counted 3 at the bottom, 2 on each side, 1 in the very middle, and the 1 main cola which decided to stay! I thought for sure it would split into 4.

Any thoughts?