# Whats everyone's opinion on fimming and topping **URL:** \ **Category:** Grow Journals\ **Created:** [April 28, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594 "2020-04-28T15:19:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greenprodigy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/greenprodigy/32/352727_2.png) [@Greenprodigy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Greenprodigy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/1 "2020-04-28T15:19:39Z")
I’ve topped plants before but never really seen any benefit in it or maybe I’m doing it wrong ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/2 "2020-04-28T15:22:48Z")
I usually top, sometimes FIM. It helps manage the plant’s height, overall growth, and I get a lot of good flowers. I don’t get one big main cola, but I do get multiple good medium sized flowers off of one plant. ---
**Author:** ![Myfriendis410](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/myfriendis410/32/556067_2.png) [@Myfriendis410](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Myfriendis410)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/3 "2020-04-28T17:27:18Z")
You can’t really do THIS without topping or FIM’ing: ![20190928_113721](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/0/b/00b7bf9344a014e42b0b587cdffe13818ddec98b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/4 "2020-04-28T17:31:05Z")
Beauty! ---
**Author:** ![Hellraiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hellraiser/32/294013_2.png) [@Hellraiser](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hellraiser)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/5 "2020-04-28T17:32:14Z")
Yeah, you don’t get monsters like that without topping/fimming. ---
**Author:** ![Reticence](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/reticence/32/115350_2.png) [@Reticence](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Reticence)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/6 "2020-04-28T17:34:16Z")
Yeah, and for 4 hours after the curing is done, you can’t do anything!! 🤣 😂 😜 ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/7 "2020-04-28T17:34:20Z")
Here’s one of my current girls in flower (4 weeks in.) She’s been trained quite a bit too and will produce some nice, large flowers. ![28 Apr 2020](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/7/9/5/795dee9b4b6b0a31e7617e9c5c6b3ae20fa64855.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Greenprodigy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/greenprodigy/32/352727_2.png) [@Greenprodigy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Greenprodigy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/8 "2020-04-28T17:47:52Z")
And do you do it to every Cola ---
**Author:** ![Myfriendis410](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/myfriendis410/32/556067_2.png) [@Myfriendis410](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Myfriendis410)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/9 "2020-04-28T17:50:21Z")
I normally SCROG my plants and do a FIM (which about 50% of the time ends up being a top lol) and I top side branches once. If you overdo it you can produce a canopy the roots can’t support well which causes ‘issues’. That plant was in Promix HP for 4 1/2 months and delivered 14+ oz of gucci flower. ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/10 "2020-04-28T17:56:04Z")
> [@Greenprodigy](#): > > And do you do it to every Cola I usually top 2 to 3 times in veg. Above the 4th node on the first cut and above the 3rd nodes on subsequent cuts. Be sure to leave a good bit of nub above the node where you top. The extra “stump” will help the plant develop a more solid knuckle where you have topped. ---
**Author:** ![Davyg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/davyg/32/288930_2.png) [@Davyg](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Davyg)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/11 "2020-04-28T18:06:35Z")
I’ve just topped and now have 4 solid stems. I’ve used the top as a cutting which is going strong. I usually supercrop rather than top so be interesting to see how it goes. I can see a definite slow down after I topped but they’re recovering now and looking good ---
**Author:** ![Silverback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Silverback](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Silverback)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/12 "2020-04-28T23:59:25Z")
I super crop, top and fim. Supercrop everything as part of veg to control canopy height. Every plant. I top 90% of all plants, yes sometimes autos as well. Ive had good results but its a tight window with autos. Fiming i do mostly for fun. It can produce some weird shit. Sometimes it will cause cola explosions and get killer results. ---
**Author:** ![RandomlyRan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/randomlyran/32/261399_2.png) [@RandomlyRan](https://ilgmforum.com/u/RandomlyRan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/13 "2020-04-29T05:37:34Z")
Meh…I could go either way. It depends on how it’s naturally growing. If its growing out bushy I don’t but if it’s growing straight up I don’t, to get it to bush. ---
**Author:** ![RandomlyRan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/randomlyran/32/261399_2.png) [@RandomlyRan](https://ilgmforum.com/u/RandomlyRan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/14 "2020-04-29T13:18:12Z")
Lol if it grows straight up I DO lol I tried to edit but it was too late ---
**Author:** ![ArtVandelay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/artvandelay/32/700792_2.png) [@ArtVandelay](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ArtVandelay)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/15 "2020-06-20T18:27:55Z")
Do you top/fim this once or multiple times? T ---
**Author:** ![Myfriendis410](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/myfriendis410/32/556067_2.png) [@Myfriendis410](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Myfriendis410)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/whats-everyones-opinion-on-fimming-and-topping/43594/16 "2020-06-20T18:57:26Z")
> [@ArtVandelay](#): > > once or multiple times? This depends on how big the plant is going to get and the pot size. You can’t have a big plant in a small pot: lots of issues result.