Attempted my 1st FIM ever 4 days ago. Did I blow it on all 4? If so, what do I do now? 2 Wedding Cake [image] [image]

The best way to think about it is how much stress will it cause your plant? Your plants look great and do not appear stressed at all…so another go at it should be fine. But be careful, each time you cut, pinch, twist a plant you do stress it and can increase the chance of it becoming a hermaphidite. If it was my plant - I would top it in a few days if you have another 2 weeks plus in vegetative grow phase to let it recover before shifting to bloom phase.

Thx, that sounds really good and yes I’ve got plenty of time left to go in veg as I’m hoping to also make my first scrog happen down the line. :v:

I have never messed with the fuc@ I missed method. I stick with the fuc@ I did it right method. I top once, and manipulate (LST). After a few runs you’ll get the hang of it. Just keep it simple… [image2]

Hard to tell , When fimming try to snip 80% of the last growth. @Nicky Has a little short video.

[image] FIM'ing Cannabis Stress I have spoke to this topic many times on countless posts, so I think it’s time to concentrate that information into one linkable post. FIM’ing is a medium high stress pruning method to increase yeilds and allow of a more even canopy. While topping a plant will result in two main colas a fully successful FIM will result in four colas! This works equally as well on autoflowers as it does on photoperiods. I personally suggest FIM’ing at the 4th/5th node. After your FIM is complete no other train…

@Nicky Thx, a newbie to the forum here. What you stated is exactly what I was goin for (1st ever attempt) but I failed to nail 4 out of 4. :flushed: So to be on the safe side I guess I’ll just top them as i’m gun shy of trying to FIM again. Would you say that would be the safest course of action? Any other advice or recommendation you might want to share i’d be gr8ful for. :v:I can put some current pics later.

If you attempted to fim I would just leave it be. Your fim. Will either be successful or you already topped them. My suggestion would be to understand what you did wrong so you can be successful in the future, growing is all about learning from our many failures. Once you have learned I would try again. If your growing photos no harm no foul with trying again. Might as well learn, at least that’s how I see it.

@Nicky Thx kindly! The thing is that the result of my FIM attempt didn’t act like a “topping” either as I have one main center cola growing still. I do want to scrog as well further along. So would I be good to go ahead with topping? I did the FIM cut 10/06. I’ll take pics & post in the morning…:v:Oh, they are photos.

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