TOPPING / FIMMING a plant

[ijustdontcare]

Topping a Plant

 

1. Locate the very top of your plant and cut through the main stem just below the newest growth. This should be done after the 3rd or 4th leaf set but can be done at any time after the 3rd leaf set.

 

2. Shows Plant Top cut off and where the 2 new Branches that will form a "Y" in the main stem will grow from.

 

3. Shows the newly topped plant after 2 days of growth, notice the Y in the Stem Forming.

 

FIMMING A PLANT!

 

Fimming is actually no different that topping, what fimming does is virtually the exact same thing only your leaving part of the new growth. This only takes of part of the new growth and actually topping the very very new growth which is very hard to see.

 

What this ends up doing is making it seem as if your getting 4 new tops right next to eachother when its actually only 2 at the very top (like topping) but since it was cut so closely to the next newest set of fanleaves 2 branches which would have formed there anyways seems to make it look like there is 4 new tops.

 

This is how you go about doing this.

 

1. Locate the very top of the new growth

2. With a clean sterilized scissors, Fold the fan leafs over and cut approximately 80% of the new growth off the plant.

3. View from the top showing the Cut

4. View of the Cut section after 2 days growth, showing the 4 new growth shoots (branches)

Thats IT!!!! you should be well on your way to Topping and Fimming of your plants.

[kev.au]

Very helpful for a noob like me, thanks

 

 

Kev

Edited October 8, 2008 by kev.au

[ijustdontcare]

np i thought this might be handy to put up here, i wanna find one on trainning a plant or mock one up

[JoeThePlanter]

Just topped mine looking at these directions. Hope everything turns out well. Not just gotta try to not stare at em too much looking for growth haha.

[Wrangler556]

Great little method this.

 

I FIM'ed one of my plants when it was about 4 weeks old, and now into its 3rd week of flowering, it has 10 branches that have all grown up and will be colas, as opposed to just the 1 if I hadn't FIM'ed.

[420Greenthumb]

Great video, Really informative for a new grower, thanks man

[1sttimeoutdoor]

Why didn't I join here months ago!

[kev.au]

Why didn't I join here months ago!

 

 

Only 3 posts to go man

 

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

[LOGGER_KING]

plants love topping,,great idea for indoors,, i know i love knocking the top off it

[Rocker]

Thanks for the detailed info Ijustdontcare.

 

The pictures are great too. It is true that ' a picture is worth a thousand words.'