What is the FIM technique?

Smokin Moose · 12-30-2007, 09:39 PM

Some growers are now using the "FIM technique" as a way to get more growing shoots per each time you top. The strategy involves cutting off 90% of the growing shoot and leaving 10% intact. From that 10%, up to 8 more branches can emerge. This is useful for those growing SCROG style or those wanting lots of clones from a mother plant.

A shows the tradional method of topping: cutting the whole node off cleanly, to induce the stalk to split into two. But diagram B indicates to make the cut below the center of the node, leaving about 10% intact. This is the key, because the vegetation left behind has cells that are rapidly dividing in many different directions. This can lead to as many as EIGHT tops from a single pruning.

Additional image contributed by: Bubbasix

Smokin Moose · 03-29-2008, 12:39 PM

*bump*

Smokin Moose · 04-07-2008, 10:43 AM

*Bump*

HeadMed · 04-07-2008, 11:27 AM

Is it true it's full name is... "Fuck I Missed"?

DaMagoMan · 04-07-2008, 11:32 AM

LMAO

Yeapper,
I'm too old for micro-surgery like that.
Gave up on it awhile back.

StonyGeoff · 04-07-2008, 09:32 PM

This is very interesting indeed!
I must try this at least once .. or until I get it right

Peace guys

12-30-2007, 09:39 PM	#1
Smokin Moose Cannabis Connoisseur Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 10,025 Blog Entries: 9	What is the FIM technique? Some growers are now using the "FIM technique" as a way to get more growing shoots per each time you top. The strategy involves cutting off 90% of the growing shoot and leaving 10% intact. From that 10%, up to 8 more branches can emerge. This is useful for those growing SCROG style or those wanting lots of clones from a mother plant. A shows the tradional method of topping: cutting the whole node off cleanly, to induce the stalk to split into two. But diagram B indicates to make the cut below the center of the node, leaving about 10% intact. This is the key, because the vegetation left behind has cells that are rapidly dividing in many different directions. This can lead to as many as EIGHT tops from a single pruning. Additional image contributed by: Bubbasix __________________ Truth flows on to credibility, and credibility will be the vehicle for change. 420 Magazine Creating Cannabis Awareness Since 1993 Help support 420 Magazine Moose's Organic White Widow Grow Journal Anatomy of a Historic Bust

03-29-2008, 12:39 PM	#2
Smokin Moose Cannabis Connoisseur Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 10,025 Blog Entries: 9	Re: What is the FIM technique? bump __________________ Truth flows on to credibility, and credibility will be the vehicle for change. 420 Magazine Creating Cannabis Awareness Since 1993 Help support 420 Magazine Moose's Organic White Widow Grow Journal Anatomy of a Historic Bust

04-07-2008, 10:43 AM	#3
Smokin Moose Cannabis Connoisseur Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 10,025 Blog Entries: 9	Re: What is the FIM technique? Bump __________________ Truth flows on to credibility, and credibility will be the vehicle for change. 420 Magazine Creating Cannabis Awareness Since 1993 Help support 420 Magazine Moose's Organic White Widow Grow Journal Anatomy of a Historic Bust

04-07-2008, 11:27 AM	#4
HeadMed Free Thinker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: way out there Posts: 313	Re: What is the FIM technique? Is it true it's full name is... "Fuck I Missed"?

04-07-2008, 11:32 AM	#5
DaMagoMan Free Thinker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: At Home in Austin Posts: 3,423 Blog Entries: 15	Re: What is the FIM technique? LMAO Yeapper, I'm too old for micro-surgery like that. Gave up on it awhile back. __________________ "If people let the Government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as Souls who live under tyranny." Thomas Jefferson

04-07-2008, 09:32 PM	#6
StonyGeoff Free Thinker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 443	Re: What is the FIM technique? This is very interesting indeed! I must try this at least once .. or until I get it right Peace guys __________________ "We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision" 2nd Grow Attempt (CFLs + Stealth Box) Stony's Super-Organic SCROG -- We all run into problems every day, the main thing is not to get hung up on them or dwell on them, get off your arse and work it out.. OverGrow FAQ's

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread: