Broken Branch

Your branch will be OK, the fact that the leaves are standing up proves she is still getting water and nutrients. I would however remove the tape, the increased in moisture caused by the tape can lead to mould/fungal problems. Your plant won't appreciate a sweaty wound. Far better to put a stick into the soil and then attach the broken branch to the stick with some of the rubber coated wire. That way too, when you want to train the broken branch, the branch will bend from the anchor point where it is attached to the stick and not try bending from the splinted part. Use some more of the rubber coated wire to hold the splint in place, above and below the break. You can also wind a spiral of the rubber coated wire over the whole length of the splint and part way down the main stem for the ultimate in support for the broken branch. Just don't wind it too tightly, otherwise you could end up strangling the plant as she grow, just tight enough to hold the splint in place. You want the major stabilization point to be at the point where the branch is attached to the stick. You could even use two sticks to make a cross/X shape and this will really support the branch above the break and make a fantastic anchor point to take the strain when training the broken branch. Hope this helps,.... Organoman.

Depends. I use electrical tape and get about a 90% success rate. Like when you break your arm, ditch the idea of training long enough to get it back exactly in place for the highest success rates. Have tried with a zap strap cut into a splint and a couple more zap straps to secure to the splint with a 60% success rate, have tried with electrical tape alone with a 90% success rate. Heres the thing: the last time I failed I knew it by the next AM. It was super wilted, clearly dying, not gonna make it. BUT... at that point, since I had failed, I cut it and dropped it in the aero cloner. Oddest thing.. .after 12 hrs of just being a broken branch, it perked right back to life and is currently rooted. Although, to be fair, it is NOT as performant as the other clones I had in there, but it looks ok and offered a bit of solace in the moment. Keep going! Looks like were both learning mainlining at the same time. Still wondering if it actually pays off in terms of the additional veg time required... Heres my math.. a given formula is better then another one IF it improves yield / month, so if I get a 10% increase in yield with a 20% increase in time, its a 'worse strategy' ( setting aside other variables like quality improvements...) For me, Im new to mainlining, so the survey is still out...