FIMMED Plant done right?

[havoksgrow]

Hey, first attempt at pruning and I was wondering if I had fimmed my plant correctly, its been about 30 hours since ive cut it.

 

[Barrelhorses]

Hmm! I'm newer at this and am waiting for a response also. From what I have read on the subject, I would guess the second photo is going to be a top with stubbed leaves. The first photo I have no idea. Good stuff to put on here havoksgrow.

 

[CronicHempHog]

suppose to cut just the center and leave about 20% of it left
theres a diagram of it somewhere on site
look at it this way if you cut too much you got it topped and you will have 2 tops if not enough youll have the same 1 top so either way you aren't gonna mess it up

 

[havoksgrow]

Its a before and after of the same plant

 

[INit2WINit]

how long does it usually takes to recover?

 

[CronicHempHog]

it just keeps growing out from there
it doesn't take long in hydro I haven't tried to fim a soil plant yet

 

[Jimmycricket]

FIMMING does not slow soil plants down much, but it will slow it some. I say LST is the way to go though.

 

[CO Finest]

You should see in four days the leaf that were cut grow and the nodes split.

 

[CO Finest]

The best way that worked for we was cutting it half way down. Most of the time I got three. Every now and then I get four. Ether way it is a very low stress way to get extra nodes. I am a fan of very carefully bending the main over and tie down. If your not sure my link shows that done to my Train wreck mother. I will be posting pic tomorrow of her and you will see a huge difference in all the new bud spots.

 

[havoksgrow]

Im fimming this one and lsting my other, unfortunately my lamp fell and burned 3 of the fan leaves off :/

 

[Barrelhorses]

Again I'm newer here, but I believe that you were given a great tip about lst. I have never done fim but I do a lot of lst and it works great. Gives you much better control of your plant hgt. Great photos and topic. Keep us posted on your result for this fim. Thanks a ton

 

[conradino23]

It looks fine, new growth will spurt in a week or so. With FIM if done right you usually end up with 4 top nodes. Worked well for me I need to add.

 

[havoksgrow]

Will do, ive got a journal going on my two plants, hopefully they will both be female :/
I wanted to see what worked better for this strain, lst or topping but since my lst is burnt on one side It wont be a fair comparison.
Im going to try training it in a circle so hopefully the burnt off leaves will just let more light hit the nodes.

 

[CronicHempHog]

put a link in your signature so people don't have to search to get to your journal
user cp towards the top on the left after you hit user cp
scroll down a bit on your left theres a link to edit signature throw the link for your journal in there
then when you do a post we can just click the link in your signature

 

[John C]

Here is everything you should need to know to put a link to your grow journal in your signature.

https://www.420magazine.com/forums/member-resources/83917-how-add-links-signatures.html

 

[havoksgrow]

Thanks, hopefully it works now

 

[John C]

Your link to your grow journal in your signature is working.

 

[havoksgrow]

It seems like my fim missed and just ended up trimming some leaves... I think :/

 

[CronicHempHog]

its ok it slowed it down a bit did any side branches catch up in height?

 

[havoksgrow]

Before I fimmed all of the nodes have had little leaves very slowly sprouting but none of them have had increased growth rates. only one of the lowest nodes has a lateral branch working on its second set of leaves.

My lst'd plant has a lateral branch at the base of the stem that has 4 or 5 nodes and is as tall as the top. Im thinking of tying this plant down soon to give the nodes more light.