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In today's issue... - Which training technique works better to increase yields; Topping or FIMing?
- What are the 7 Most Common Plant Training Mistakes? Since you learned how to top and FIM in today's article, this will build on your knowledge!
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Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
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Topping vs Fimming: Which is Better? by Nebula Haze |
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Cutting Cannabis for Better Structure: Topping & FIMing
Topping and FIMing are two cannabis plant training techniques that involve "pinching" or cutting off some of the top growth. These techniques are designed to give you a free way to achieve better plant shape (to make better use of the available light), create more colas, and achieve bigger yields.
Topping: Cut top of plant between nodes
FIMing: Remove newest growth (but don't cut between nodes) All plant training techniques are designed to help growers get a more
desirable plant shape and bigger yields without changing other aspects of their grow. For example, cannabis plants don't naturally grow in a way that takes full advantage of indoor grow lights - a lot of light is wasted indoors when cannabis plants are allowed to grow naturally without training.
Because of this, cannabis plant training techniques (like topping and fimming) are especially effective at
increasing yields in indoor grow setups. Topping and FIMing are very similar to each other in that they create a bushier plant with extra colas, but they do have some differences.
Notice how these plants have many colas instead of just one - this is due to topping and FIMing Note: The unfortunate acronym "FIM" stands for "F*ck I Missed," and refers to growers accidentally pinching off top growth instead of fully topping the plant between nodes. FIMing has become known
as a technique of its own since it has slightly different results compared to topping (recovery time, number of colas produced in one cut, etc.). In the above example, the plant on the left was allowed to grow naturally, which resulted in the classic "Christmas tree" shape that's not very efficient under indoor grow lights. Some strains are naturally
bushy, but these long lanky strains often produce terrible yields indoors without training. The plant on the right was topped or fimmed as a seedling. This broke the dominance of the main cola, and the plant started putting out multiple colas.
With both topping and FIMing, the growth tips that become new colas are already present. They just get bigger and become colas because topping and FIMing breaks
the symmetry of the plant and exposes these growth tips to light and air. Instead of focusing on just one cola, the plant starts focusing on many growth tips until they become colas.
Topping & FIMing Involve Removing or Damaging Top Growth. This Reveals Hidden Growth Tips and Signals Plants to Start Putting Energy into
Them
By damaging the main stem, topping and FIMing encourage the plant to spend energy growing many colas instead of focusing on just one.
Lower growth nodes will become new colas once they're exposed to light and air, but they develop much faster when the main cola's dominance is broken by topping or
FIMing Notice how these growth tips have started developing and rising up after plant is topped or FIMed (the fan leaves have been removed so you can see the new colas and overall
structure more easily) Your goal is to create enough colas that you can completely fill the area under your grow light! Remember: Only Top or FIM Plants in the Vegetative Stage!
7 Unfortunate Plant Training Mistakes |
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Although plant training can produce impressive results as far as increasing yields, sometimes marijuana growers aren't given the right information. Bad info can cause unfortunate mistakes that hurt your
results!
With that in mind, I will cover the 7 most common marijuana plant training mistakes, so you get the yields results you want every time, even if it's your first time!
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