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Any tips on when to top or fim for lst. On a healt...

GrowersGrimstarted grow question 7y ago

Any tips on when to top or fim for lst. On a healthy plant of course. Thanks

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Green09Rangeranswered grow question 7y ago

Hi! I think you should think in just do some nice LST, topping could not work fine in autos, and fimming in my opinion should not be do in autos because you can actually miss the fuck i missed and that will make your plant to waste time passing throw the stress for nothing and time is always couting on autoflowers. Try the LST, or maybe just a super cropping on the main branch and pinching braches and leaves lower than the 5th node so you can develop some nice top buds. It worked with me a time ago with one of my first autos. Keep it up!!

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DudeGrowsWeedanswered grow question 7y ago

I’ve been doing a FIM pinch on the new growth tip lately. Seems to be much less stressful on the plant than cutting

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Jeff123fishanswered grow question 7y ago

I may be agreeing with Athos depending on what he’s calling the 5th pair of leaves. I do it either above the first set of leaves that have seven blades or at the beginning of the 5 week from when the plant is above soil

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Athosanswered grow question 7y ago

I personally like to top autos rather early, pinching the 5th pair of leaves, just to make sure it's not flowering,

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