Should I top or FIM my plant?

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I have a plant that I believe may have been a little stunted from nutrient deficiency, but it’s doing a lot better now. It’s about 8 weeks old now and like 10” tall. I have counted 7 nodes. My question is, should I top it or fim it? I’m new to this and very apprehensive about cutting my baby lol. Any advice will help tremendously as I feel like a moron when it comes to this stuff.
 
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I have a plant that I believe may have been a little stunted from nutrient deficiency, but it’s doing a lot better now. It’s about 8 weeks old now and like 10” tall. I have counted 7 nodes. My question is, should I top it or fim it? I’m new to this and very apprehensive about cutting my baby lol. Any advice will help tremendously as I feel like a moron when it comes to this stuff.
Since it's 8 weeks old and (you don't mention if it is) not flowering, it must be a Photoperiod. I imagine you can do as you like, but what exactly is that? Do you have a need to keep it short? Or just want more buds?
 
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If you're going for the most harvest for the least effort, fim it. Topping will produce 2 new bud sites, fimming will produce 3 or more. You could also do it based on how your top node looks. I topped 6 plants and fimmed 1 on my current grow just because one plant was set up so perfect to fim.
 
420LoverTilIdie

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I would top it, its weird cutting on them at first but she will bounce back! Throw up some photos too! Welcome to the farm, a lot of helpful people on here
Thank you! I’ll put up some pictures soon
 
420LoverTilIdie

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Since it's 8 weeks old and (you don't mention if it is) not flowering, it must be a Photoperiod. I imagine you can do as you like, but what exactly is that? Do you have a need to keep it short? Or just want more buds?
Honestly I wasn’t sure what it was. I got it in some bud from my dispensary so I decided to try. I bought a grow tent setup and everything else was trial and error. After about 6 weeks it wasn’t flowering so I figured it was a photo. So I’m going for short and bushy with the highest yield of possible
 
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Honestly I wasn’t sure what it was. I got it in some bud from my dispensary so I decided to try. I bought a grow tent setup and everything else was trial and error. After about 6 weeks it wasn’t flowering so I figured it was a photo. So I’m going for short and bushy with the highest yield of possible
Well then I guess 8 weeks of Vegging should be enough. Give them a week or two, to recover from Topping or FIMing, then switch to 12/12 lighting schedule. I wish you the best. Do you remember what the Strain was called?

I have some seeds from a Qtr of Durban Poison I bought at a dispensary. One or two buds were lousy with seeds, so I saved them. Then later, I found out it grows 12 feet tall lol.
So much for THAT plan.

 
420LoverTilIdie

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Well then I guess 8 weeks of Vegging should be enough. Give them a week or two, to recover from Topping or FIMing, then switch to 12/12 lighting schedule. I wish you the best. Do you remember what the Strain was called?

I have some seeds from a Qtr of Durban Poison I bought at a dispensary. One or two buds were lousy with seeds, so I saved them. Then later, I found out it grows 12 feet tall lol.
So much for THAT plan.

These are Cherry Diesel. I also have some blue dream x Pakistani kush but they also grow tall AF. My tent is only 24x24x60 so not much room at all. I just topped it now cause I didn’t want to go through the hassle of trellis nets. I am not sure if I did it right and now this thing looks like a baby again. Not sure if it is big enough to start flowering any time soon. The first two pictures are before and the last two is after. I put my hand for size reference
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These are Cherry Diesel. I also have some blue dream x Pakistani kush but they also grow tall AF. My tent is only 24x24x60 so not much room at all. I just topped it now cause I didn’t want to go through the hassle of trellis nets. I am not sure if I did it right and now this thing looks like a baby again. Not sure if it is big enough to start flowering any time soon. The first two pictures are before and the last two is after. I put my hand for size reference View attachment 1082679View attachment 1082680View attachment 1082681View attachment 1082682
OH yeah I see. Very small, for 2 months' growth. BUT...big enough, for Topping. Good show! My tent is only 2x2x4 feet. But I bought a slightly bigger one for my next Grow. I too, must keep them SHORT. In pursuit of this, I buy my seeds online, delivered via US Mail. I need to know I'm starting out with something I at least have a chance of finishing. Just began two Afghan Kush, but this thread is about YOU. What soil you using? Lights? Do tell.
 
420LoverTilIdie

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OH yeah I see. Very small, for 2 months' growth. BUT...big enough, for Topping. Good show! My tent is only 2x2x4 feet. But I bought a slightly bigger one for my next Grow. I too, must keep them SHORT. In pursuit of this, I buy my seeds online, delivered via US Mail. I need to know I'm starting out with something I at least have a chance of finishing. Just began two Afghan Kush, but this thread is about YOU. What soil you using? Lights? Do tell.
I’m using Black gold organic soil with a Mars hydro TS 600 Led. Cold War Organics Bud Bread nutrients. I had a really bad Nitrogen deficiency in the seedling stage and brought it back with fish fertilizer before switching to the bud bread. I really want to buy some autos but just unsure how secure it is.
 
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I’m using Black gold organic soil with a Mars hydro TS 600 Led. Cold War Organics Bud Bread nutrients. I had a really bad Nitrogen deficiency in the seedling stage and brought it back with fish fertilizer before switching to the bud bread. I really want to buy some autos but just unsure how secure it is.
True Confessions Time: I BLEW my last Grow, and it was an Auto. Purple Kush Auto. It was loaded with NICE BUDS, nearing completion, when I overwatered it......,my only explanation is: "I had a Bad Day". Root Rot, lost my plant in a HURRY. Nothing I could do. Couldn't salvage anything; It began to stink of death. What a shame. Back to Photoperiods. For now.
 
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True Confessions Time: I BLEW my last Grow, and it was an Auto. Purple Kush Auto. It was loaded with NICE BUDS, nearing completion, when I overwatered it......,my only explanation is: "I had a Bad Day". Root Rot, lost my plant in a HURRY. Nothing I could do. Couldn't salvage anything; It began to stink of death. What a shame. Back to Photoperiods. For now.
"The auto made me over water... so I'm going to get a photo."

Yup I'm not sure the genetics is going to solve that problem
 
420LoverTilIdie

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True Confessions Time: I BLEW my last Grow, and it was an Auto. Purple Kush Auto. It was loaded with NICE BUDS, nearing completion, when I overwatered it......,my only explanation is: "I had a Bad Day". Root Rot, lost my plant in a HURRY. Nothing I could do. Couldn't salvage anything; It began to stink of death. What a shame. Back to Photoperiods. For now.
Damn that sucks. There’s a lot more to this than I imagined but it sure is awesome watching the process
 
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Did I miss something? He never said the auto made him overwater he simply said he made a mistake. Way to be a Dick dude
I was unaware, that my soil & root ball had become Waterlogged. I over-watered it, while distracted and (frankly) just plain old "Having a bad day"....and that was it. Quickly. Totally my fault.

I leave it open to each individual's interpretation. Maybe, if they read my post, someone else WON'T make the same mistake I did....oh, well. Movin' on.
 
ReeferRon

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Bend her over and tie her down...they like it.
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Same plant a couple months later (3 weeks flower) ... when you bend them over putting the plants top below its branches, the plant goes through a hormonal change and instead of being a tree it becomes a bush. That plant would be 6 foot tall if I didn't bend her over. Her top just becomes another branch, makin for a nice even canopy. Works great for real stretchy strains. Try it, you may like it too!
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ArrEll

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Bend her over and tie her down...they like it.
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Same plant a couple months later (3 weeks flower) ... when you bend them over putting the plants top below its branches, the plant goes through a hormonal change and instead of being a tree it becomes a bush. That plant would be 6 foot tall if I didn't bend her over. Her top just becomes another branch, makin for a nice even canopy. Works great for real stretchy strains. Try it, you may like it too!
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Excellent. I guess, to get what you want, you gotta be Fearless. I have a small/short Grow space, so - Here we go....
D'ya mind my asking: After the Stretch, exactly how high was she?
 

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