I was reading Lucy’s Life Cycle and in it @DoneDeal explained a pruning technique for autoflowers involving the removal of the new leaves at the top and the end result being a bushier plant without topping. Has anyone else tried this? Is there anything else i should be doing? Its a Blue Dream Auto and is starting Week 2 of veg. [1000001107]

[image] FishWhistleLabs: removal of the new leaves at the top I expect he was referring to fimming: [image] Fimming Cannabis: How to Maximize Your Yield with FIM 'Fuck I Missed' Everything you need to know about Fimming: What is it?, When to do it?, How it helps you grow?, Fimming vs Topping, and more.. Est. reading time: 9 minutes

I dont think its fiming. You dont cut the stalk just pull the young leaves.

Removal of new leaves in a specific manner is fimming.

I super crop my entire plant after about 5 nodes and lay her completely over on her side. Then lst after that. That way I can train each of the branches outward. Works great for me and I only grow wide spread out bushes l. [1000000539] [1000000514] [1000000515] Those started like this… [1000000543] [1000000542]

Not familiar with that method, but good looking plant!

I believe @DoneDeal trims the more mature fan leaves with the purpose of achieving a more even cannopy, allowing more light to hit the lower nodes and younger fan leaves. I dont believe he touches the nodes, eliminating topping and fimming. Ill wait for him to chime in for confirmation, but if memory serves me right it slows the growth of the top nodes and allows the lower nodes to catch up with more light hitting them.

What you doing it’s doing you well,they taking it well

Good morning y’all :oncoming_fist: hope everyone is feeling their best :fire::evergreen_tree::dashing_away:. [HOW I TOP MY PLANTS GRAND MASTER LEVEL TECH | TOPPING PLANTS] I came across this video two weeks after I’ve been doing it. LoL I was naive enough to think I was the first one to do it :joy::joy: [image] brownsfan100: slows the growth of the top nodes and allows the lower nodes to catch up with more light hitting them. That’s the exact reason I do it budro :oncoming_fist::smiling_face_with_sunglasses::call_me_hand: [image] brownsfan100: trims the more mature fan leaves with the purpose of achieving a more even cannopy, allowing more light to hit the lower nodes and younger fan leaves. I That and I do pull the young leaves at the top but not the new ones. [image] Highgrows continous grow log Autoflowers Just pulled the leafs yesterday where the red circle is at. Now the lower nodes will receive more light and form new colas. [IMG_20230606_044210~2] Skip a set of leafs and repeat as she grows until it’s bushy as you want it. [IMG_20230411_170953] All that and never topping or fiming point_up just leaf pulling at the right time and place [image] Highgrows continous grow log Autoflowers Take the red dot leafs in the pic. Be careful and leave the baby new top leafs though or take the purple marked leafs to make it easier for you to get experience with the training method. [Screenshot_20230606-122514~3] [image] Highgrows continous grow log Autoflowers WW is one I want to try after growing Black Widow. As @ChittyChittyBangin said wouldn’t worry about the bottom leafs cause mine do it sometimes. Yeah first time I pull the top leafs off my nerves was shot rofl but it gets easier over time. Here’s my chocolope training in progress. [IMG_20230610_090154] [IMG_20230610_090149] I’m trying to direct as much light as possible to the center nodes by tucking leaves Hopefully this helps explain it a lil better.

Wondering if i am doing this right

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DoneDeal October 14, 2024, 1:19pm 11

Good morning y’all hope everyone is feeling their best .

I came across this video two weeks after I’ve been doing it. LoL I was naive enough to think I was the first one to do it

That’s the exact reason I do it budro

That and I do pull the young leaves at the top but not the new ones.

Hopefully this helps explain it a lil better.

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Wondering if i am doing this right

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