Autoflowers; fim, top or let em ride??

[Winnies.buds]

Anyone try fimming or topping autos?

Currently have 8 Bruce Banner autos growing which have a long grow cycle for an auto; about 14 weeks.

4 plants at about 6 weeks (front of pic) that I'm letting ride.

4 plants at about 4 weeks (back of pic) that I am experimenting with.
2 of them I topped & 2 of them I fimmed. Wish me luck~

Wondering how other peeps have made out with either topping or fimming autos?.?

 

[DanC520]

I topped two last run. Neither stunted, but one threw a few sacs and I culled her (couldn’t tell ya if topping had an impact). I think depends on how vigorous the growth is and how old / mature they are. That said, I think you can get a pretty even canopy with just training. I prolly won’t top much in the future.

 

[Winnies.buds]

I topped two last run. Neither stunted, but one threw a few sacs and I culled her (couldn’t tell ya if topping had an impact). I think depends on how vigorous the growth is and how old / mature they are. That said, I think you can get a pretty even canopy with just training. I prolly won’t top much in the future.

Thanks Dan, i value your input. I'm just starting to read up on training techniques. It's another area about growing that's interesting & "pulling" me in more...

 

[DanC520]

NP I’m still relatively new, but some experienced and knowledgeable folks around here. Plenty top/fim all the time with their autos. But my anecdotal exp tells me lst can get you there.

 

[MyGrowYo]

Damn those are big autos, nice

 

[Autoflowersmountup]

I won’t claim any sort of real skill with training but it can be a useful tool.
I prefer lots of bends and tie downs but have topped autos on a few occasions.
a healthy topped plant paired with a good scrog screen can be a nice setup for a good harvest!
im not experienced enough to “know” if it increases production or anything like that but it can surely be a helpful tool if you need to keep a plant wide and bushy vs tall and xmas tree shaped.

 

[Habosabin]

I fimmed my current auto. Didn’t seem to hurt it one bit. This is around day 37 in a 70cmx70cm tent.

 

[Habosabin]

How did your plants turn out? I notice this was from January.

 

[Chip.Douglas]

Anyone try fimming or topping autos?

Currently have 8 Bruce Banner autos growing which have a long grow cycle for an auto; about 14 weeks.

4 plants at about 6 weeks (front of pic) that I'm letting ride.

4 plants at about 4 weeks (back of pic) that I am experimenting with.
2 of them I topped & 2 of them I fimmed. Wish me luck~

Wondering how other peeps have made out with either topping or fimming autos?.?View attachment 1204885View attachment 1204886

I topped my NL auto about 5 days back she is just now picking up again I got 4 branches going outwards now
I would only do it if you have heat humidity and everything else going perfect

 

[Winnies.buds]

I harvested my Bruce Banner autos at 13 weeks.

Pic of topped plant with 2 fat colas

 

[Autoflowersmountup]

I’ve got nothing current to share, waiting on some photos to finish and some auto seeds to pop but I dug up a couple of pics from a monster fast buds Mimosa cake auto I did last year.
im much more a fan of the wide bushy type plants.
the plant in the pics wasn’t topped but it was heavily trained and set under a portable scrog screen.
the plant ended up with 33 “tops” to it, took right at 100 days to finish.

 

[Winnies.buds]

Nice looking plant.

This was my 1st grow & made alot of amateur mistakes but I ended up with some decent buds!

I'm starting to germinate for my next grow & strive to get the wide bushy plant similar to how yours look...I have no experience with scrogs & going to attempt more training, etc. to get a bush!!

 

[Habosabin]

I’ve got nothing current to share, waiting on some photos to finish and some auto seeds to pop but I dug up a couple of pics from a monster fast buds Mimosa cake auto I did last year.
im much more a fan of the wide bushy type plants.
the plant in the pics wasn’t topped but it was heavily trained and set under a portable scrog screen.
the plant ended up with 33 “tops” to it, took right at 100 days to finish.
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What was your yeild? Nice plant.

 

[Autoflowersmountup]

What was your yeild? Nice plant.

Right at 10.5 oz!
I can’t find pics of another fast buds forbidden runtz I did right before this one that ended up a little over 9 oz.
Last summer into fall was crazy in the tent lol.
Good genetics and an easy feed routine plus a whole lotta luck!