How to F.I.M. correctly & what to expect?

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No youtube time lapses after a F.I.M. so I'm getting worried. I was trying to understand the concept on what exactly happens, so I can know I did it correctly. I am worrying that the very tiny new growth inside the F.I.M., will just continue to grow normal with 1 set of leaf tips cut off. Are you suppose to cut it far enough down that the tiny growth gets like 50% cut and stunts the growth too? I cut maybe 75% off instead of 80%. I did it 2 days ago and it feels like it's still growing. Is the center tiny growth suppose to keep growing? Thanks in advance.
 
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Diabolical666 said:
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Here are some pictures finally, I wasn't able to upload all but should give the idea. Also, I forgot to add the F.I.M. picture of when I did it & I can't now. So these pictures are 2 day's after the F.I.M., it had a bit more cut off it just grew out like this which is why I'm worried.
 

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xtsho said:
It doesn't look like you cut enough.
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Thanks man, as soon as I saw your comment I said screw it. Not sure it was a good idea but I just FIMMED it a lot, then trimmed the screwed up leaves from the first FIM. Hoping this gives me 6 colas now although higher from the bottom than I wanted, but if not I'm cutting the whole top 2-3 nodes off lol.
 
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CODEE_420Grows said:
Same happened to me for my first FIM Imma leave it alone and grwo itself maybe top it fimming I don't understand
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lol I think I understand it but I figured with what the term meant that it didn't matter to much. When FIMMING I think you have to make sure you cut some of the very tiny growth in the center to stop that from growing. When topping, it makes 2 new colas where the flowering branch (or whatever its called) is, which is probably where the new FIMMED colas would appear. Thus giving you 2 sets of nodes technically to branch off of close together since the growth is stunted yet still has a bit of that area where it grows the flowering branch. I believe this also give the node below the FIM a chance to catch up therefore causing maybe 6 colas. Then again I still don't know now :( lol. Someone can maybe correct me or let me know if it is the way it works? Thanks :)
 
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SmokeInUp420 said:
Thanks man, as soon as I saw your comment I said screw it. Not sure it was a good idea but I just FIMMED it a lot, then trimmed the screwed up leaves from the first FIM. Hoping this gives me 6 colas now although higher from the bottom than I wanted, but if not I'm cutting the whole top 2-3 nodes off lol.
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Bro I just did the same thing refimmed both my plants and made sure I got a little of that tiny growth in the middle
 
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CODEE_420Grows said:
And if that doesn't work I'll leave them alone
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I might have over cut it this time but I wanted to make sure I got that small growth good. My thought as well which I should have listened to, was that since the the definition of FIM came from trying to top, it should be very close to the bottom of the new growth.
 
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nmibud

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Experience is what makes me say that,the more you top and fim the smaller your end result.Lst is a far more effective way to grow your plants.I would rather have fewer, bigger buds ,than a bunch of small buds
 
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nmibud said:
Experience is what makes me say that,the more you top and fim the smaller your end result.Lst is a far more effective way to grow your plants.I would rather have fewer, bigger buds ,than a bunch of small buds
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Like topping, buds may be smaller than a top cola would be if that's what you mean but there are more buds around the plant using this method and so thus getting a larger overall yielded weight.
 
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nmibud

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No,you don't get more.You get smaller buds,there may be more of them but you don't yield more.
 
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