When the plants are topped, do those upper two branches have to break off so easily on LST, exactly at the place where the nodes are on the two uppermost branches where the plant is topped? I'm angry because such a perfect plant has such a stupid flaw :(
erm did it break clean off ? I know this feeling being very clumsy when defoliating is my down fall i prob snap more banches that i dont mean to than i do haha but hey i dont think its the plants fault but if you wanna lessen the chanes of this happening in the future maybe look into a feed with slightly more silica in that will stregthen branches even more :) best of look buddy.
When it occurs, tape it up or otherwise hold it together as it heals. Looks like it healed up on its own.
Leave more stem above a node when you top and it will more likely avoid this problem, but can still happen. I had a few plants split at top and didn't notice.. they healed on their own. The pressure over time from training can slowly cause it to happen. When you lst, shape the stem before tying it down -- weaken it but not as strenuously as HST. Bend in a few spots to shape it before tying it down.. reduce the constant stress on the node.
Very proud and happy with my babies and how they're progressing, I'm looking forward to next week when there's topping, low stress, high stress, topping, scrog, defoliation..
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