Is It Too Early For Me To FIM?! - Topping - Please take a look

[Clidefroggg]

I want to keep my plant small and I need to know if it's to soon to fim, or when I can fim it. I was also wondering if I should fill the rest of my pot up with soil and if so should I fill it past (covering) the bottom two dying leafs that are next to the seed membrane or should I let those poke out . Please leave a comment and let me know what you thing and any other advice is always helpful.

Thanks

 

[Dusty Kiefers]

Re: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FIM???!(topping) pleases take a look

I think you want to fim right before flower. I've topped at first full set of leaves many of time,but every time you too they will streach if you have hight restrictions you might look into lst

 

[trichomes]

Re: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FIM???!(topping) pleases take a look

how high can you grow/max height? you should SCROG or LST the plant if you HAVE A LOW CEILING.

 

[trichomes]

Re: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FIM???!(topping) pleases take a look

Is it a female plant?

 

[CO Finest]

Re: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FIM???!(topping) pleases take a look

I would tie it over to keep short and bushy. You could do that now and it is very low stress. Here is a member that has done it so you can see how and what it does. Bigkahuna's First Grow (Sour Diesel - Indoor - Soil - CFL to HPS)

 

[Clidefroggg]

Re: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FIM???!(topping) pleases take a look

It's still in the vegistative stage but I see little whit hairs on it so I'm hoping its female.

 

[trichomes]

Re: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR ME TO FIM???!(topping) pleases take a look

or you could do a flux, check this out! Light Addict's Quick Guide To Fluxing - Featuring The Original Flux!

 

[Dusty Kiefers]

Only females put off pistols aka hairs

 

[ProperGreen]

It's Not To Early To Top, But If You Do....

I want to keep my plant small and I need to know if it's to soon to fim, or when I can fim it. I was also wondering if I should fill the rest of my pot up with soil and if so should I fill it past (covering) the bottom two dying leafs that are next to the seed membrane or should I let those poke out . Please leave a comment and let me know what you thing and any other advice is always helpful.

Thanks

Hey brother,

It's not too early for you top the the plant, but if you do, you will shift the way the plant grows!
I top this early for that specific reason.
When you top this early, all of the smaller leaves that you see along the main stem will grow into pretty much equally dominant main colas. So if you top now, you will grow a shorter plant with 6 relatively equally dominant colas, unless you top those 6 again, which will result in 12 smaller bud sites, as each place you top, will subsequently grow back two new bud sites.

In regards to the F.I.M cut, I wouldn't suggest it.
I did it my very first time growing and haven't done it again since. I FIM'd after my plants had grown 5/6 nodes, as that was what others suggested I do at the time.
It creates a really bushy plant indeed, but the result it really unpredictable, and if you don't get the cut PERFECT, you'll know where you FIM'd the plant just by looking at it for the rest of the grow, because the leaves that grow at the spot of the FIM cut will be slightly deformed.

In regards to transplanting, it's ok to pot up to the cotyledons, or the starter leaves that you see dying!
Don't go past that tho!

Your baby is looking good!

& Blessings.

 

[Dennise]

Proper seems to have you covered! She looks great!........

 

[Clidefroggg]

Re: It's Not To Early To Top, But If You Do....

Thank you very much