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ABlueDuck · 11-04-2006, 09:10 AM

These clones have been vegging for about 2 weeks and since the switch to Ocean Forest theyve been doing really well. I'm just wondering if there are any time guidelines on when its ok to start messin with them.

I def want to FIM the taller one but I figgure I jsut may as well just do em both and combine with LST. Is there any real risk to topping them/A reason i should consider not topping them?

growinontario · 11-04-2006, 10:01 AM

of course its safe to fim and lst! Anytime after the 5th node its good to FIM and any time is good for some LST! even as a seedling you can start lst! Good luck

MaryJaneDoe · 11-04-2006, 11:23 AM

hey blue duck. I just FIMed a few days a go right after the 5th node and I plan on begining the LST phase in aweek or so. Whats your setup like? you mentioned using CFLs in another thread. Do you go all the way to flower with the CFLs?
MJD

pieceofmyheart · 11-04-2006, 05:20 PM

LST would be perfect now, lean that tall branch over and tie it down.
I pinch mine at the 4th and sometimes another if they veg long enough. They look very ready to me.

11-04-2006, 05:27 PM

what about when growing from seed? still LST and/or FIM after 4th or 5th node?

pieceofmyheart · 11-04-2006, 05:49 PM

That's what I do.

11-04-2006, 05:54 PM

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That's what I do.

Thanks!! Gonna give it a shot with a few of these plants this weekend.

ABlueDuck · 11-04-2006, 08:58 PM

They got a nice full watering yesterday so i figgured today they would have taken up enough of it to make em nice and safe to bend w/o snapping.

I bent the taller one over and under a simple chunk of coathanger, its just barley holding it down.

I decided to jsut FIM tip the stout-bushier littler one, compare it to the pic at the top, otherwise its kinda hard to notice. It has already been stemming out in every direction already though, so hopefully this will just encourage more of that.

I'll post a good set of pics with my setup in a cople more weeks, its been like a constant work in progress my first time through.

pieceofmyheart · 11-04-2006, 09:40 PM

It does look nice and bushy blueduck.

Now I usually put a tie at the base of the stem to keep it from pulling up out of the dirt, don't know how necessary it is but thats what I do.

durtymyk · 11-04-2006, 11:52 PM

yea, POMH knows whats up w/ LST, i LST'd after debating what to do about my growing buddies and i read up on it. i did mine 2-4wks of veg. i gotta snap some update pics, but my OG KUSH plant turnd into 7 main cola's and the M-39 KUSH should be called M39 BUSH hahahha....i still wanna know whats up with FIM like BLUEDUCK and sites w/ pictures would really help...i can read all day, but i need pictures dammit!!i just got 5more new clones in and in a week i want to LSTagain w/ FIM this time....

11-04-2006, 09:10 AM	#1
ABlueDuck Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 34	Safe to FIM/LST? These clones have been vegging for about 2 weeks and since the switch to Ocean Forest theyve been doing really well. I'm just wondering if there are any time guidelines on when its ok to start messin with them. I def want to FIM the taller one but I figgure I jsut may as well just do em both and combine with LST. Is there any real risk to topping them/A reason i should consider not topping them? __________________ I could dance all day I could dance all day!
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11-04-2006, 10:01 AM	#2
growinontario Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 130	of course its safe to fim and lst! Anytime after the 5th node its good to FIM and any time is good for some LST! even as a seedling you can start lst! Good luck __________________ Growinontario's Outdoor Grow 2006 - Bagseed/3 plants
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11-04-2006, 08:58 PM	#8
ABlueDuck Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 34	They got a nice full watering yesterday so i figgured today they would have taken up enough of it to make em nice and safe to bend w/o snapping. I bent the taller one over and under a simple chunk of coathanger, its just barley holding it down. I decided to jsut FIM tip the stout-bushier littler one, compare it to the pic at the top, otherwise its kinda hard to notice. It has already been stemming out in every direction already though, so hopefully this will just encourage more of that. I'll post a good set of pics with my setup in a cople more weeks, its been like a constant work in progress my first time through. __________________ I could dance all day I could dance all day!
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11-04-2006, 11:23 AM	#3
MaryJaneDoe Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 30	hey blue duck. I just FIMed a few days a go right after the 5th node and I plan on begining the LST phase in aweek or so. Whats your setup like? you mentioned using CFLs in another thread. Do you go all the way to flower with the CFLs? MJD
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11-04-2006, 05:20 PM	#4
pieceofmyheart Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: my secret garden Posts: 1,854	LST would be perfect now, lean that tall branch over and tie it down. I pinch mine at the 4th and sometimes another if they veg long enough. They look very ready to me.
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11-04-2006, 05:27 PM	#5
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	what about when growing from seed? still LST and/or FIM after 4th or 5th node?
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11-04-2006, 05:49 PM	#6
pieceofmyheart Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: my secret garden Posts: 1,854	That's what I do.
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11-04-2006, 09:40 PM	#9
pieceofmyheart Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: my secret garden Posts: 1,854	It does look nice and bushy blueduck. Now I usually put a tie at the base of the stem to keep it from pulling up out of the dirt, don't know how necessary it is but thats what I do.
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11-04-2006, 11:52 PM	#10
durtymyk Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 90	yea, POMH knows whats up w/ LST, i LST'd after debating what to do about my growing buddies and i read up on it. i did mine 2-4wks of veg. i gotta snap some update pics, but my OG KUSH plant turnd into 7 main cola's and the M-39 KUSH should be called M39 BUSH hahahha....i still wanna know whats up with FIM like BLUEDUCK and sites w/ pictures would really help...i can read all day, but i need pictures dammit!!i just got 5more new clones in and in a week i want to LSTagain w/ FIM this time....
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