FIM/Topping at beginning of flowering?

[MPL]

What happens if you top or FIM a plant on the first day of 12/12?

 

[Wait...What?]

you get two smaller buds where there would have been one larger one

 

[LifeLess]

I top every bloom. But i found that its best to top then let the plant heal for a few days then go 12/12. I topped and switched the same day and the buds suffered i think. Peace LL

 

[AinSophAur]

Bud production doesnt start immediately after switching to 12/12

 

[MPL]

I was pretty high the other night when doing some tying and pruning and forgot I was starting flowering that day. For some reason I thought I still had another week so I snipped the top of one of the tallest nodes to keep the canopy even. I know bud production doesn't start on day one. Mostly I was just curious as to whether it would stress the plants and cause herms.

 

[Guest]

I've topped plants on the first day of flower and the plant just stretches and forms a bunch of colas. HOWEVER i like to top then wait a few days to flower it's better to let the plant heal even alittle.

I flowered a white widow on day one of flower and it formed 3 perfect foot long stems from the top site.

Now i have a purple urkle that was never topped(LSTed) It has ZERO stretch in flower and would have been destroyed if topped on day one of flower.

 

[ZoSo]

bajasauce is right. If the plant has a lot of stretch, it should recover nicely. I'm growing mexican bagseed right now and I accidentally topped one of my sativa doms and she didn't even blink. Just has three main colas instead of one. I was pissed at myself after I did that, but it ended up for the better.