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Bad FIMing
TheUk420Showanswered grow question 4 years ago
That's a very conservative FIM i know it can be scary cutting the top of the plant but if you want to fim its a must you need to cut the leaves in half that are on the top of your plant. Dont worry whatever damage you do to her she will recover dont worry and dont listen to all these horror stories of people using HST and failing usually it's down to environmental factors more than growers error.
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