FIMing Pepper Plants

I’ve never heard of that before, and I think it’s brilliant. It makes perfect sense.  I will definitely try this on my next, bigger, pepper plant, after the petite Sweet Heat.  My jalapeños definitely could’ve benefited from this method.  They’re really tall and airy.  Thanks for posting this!

Shawn in retrospect, I think you’ve been doing a version of this all along with your peppers, by instinct alone. I was always noticing that your plants stayed more compact and neat. You were always removing leaves along the way, and not just at the bottom of the plants. I’m really glad to have a blueprint and explanation in the video. I’m not great with instinct, lol. 

Did anyone catch what the FIM stands for?  I missed it or he didn’t say.

I mostly agree with the technique in the video, but one thing i do differently is that i don't like to remove the leaves all the way at the bottom until they start turning yellow. When a plant decides it doesn't need a leaf anymore, it will turn yellow and fall off naturally. If a leaf is still strong and green, then then plant is still making use of it. And if it's at the bottom not blocking out other leaves, i say leave it alone. Once it starts yellowing, then pull it off since that's when it has truly become useless to the plant.