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Snapped stem, please help :(

CornishFarmer
CornishFarmerstarted grow question 3 years ago
Yesterday, I LST'd my first grow, it was fine but this morning I checked on her and she had snapped in half. I frantically tried to stick her together and hold it with tape. What do I do? 😔 The last image, is her yesterday. Today' she's wilted and sad looking.
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Plant. Stem - Weak
Techniques. LST
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 3 years ago
I use surgical tape. The kind that breathes and stretches easily. If after a day that part doesn't show any signs of recovering I will remove that part of the plant.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
Firstly, raise your light while she recovers and give her a good drink. Secondly, a splint made from a bamboo skewer or a stick, held on with soft wire and attached above and below the break will save your plant, but remove the tape covering the break, the break needs to air dry and callous over. Covering the break with tape can cause excess moisture to form around the break, which can then lead to fungal attack. I have snapped many a stem in my time, even main stems and using a splint and letting the break air dry always works, to the point the splint can often be removed after a few weeks and the break is completely healed and self supporting again. Hope this helps,...... Organoman.
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cannavici
cannavicianswered grow question 3 years ago
Only thing you can do is to tape it, if doesnt recover just cut it out and let it grow back.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 3 years ago
Lst is great on autos. You waited way too long to bend that strong. Start lst early my Larry lemon auto has a day to day picture of lst training if your curious to seeing how I go about it. Most you can do is remove bending wire, push ends together and tape or glue them. Don't get glue inside break. More of a cast for stem. Then wait. My green crack broke its top off like week 5 ish. The plant reroutes growth to other area. You might lose a lot of plant and I can't really say how it will turn out. Good luck and happy growing.
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Rap_a_cap
Rap_a_capanswered grow question 3 years ago
Bro, serious damage but in 35 I've seen plants to survive to similar issue. If not completely separated try to hold the two sides with a wooden stick and apply some vinyl glue to seal the cut. Obviously is a plant under great stress not able to process light and feed as usual so better to slow down the run. Good luck Bro, it happens
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InspireMe
InspireMeanswered grow question 3 years ago
Sorry to see this bro :(! I'm no expert but hopefully below the snap will survive? Obviously your yield will be lower but you may still get something right? Looks like you've got room to pop another seed? I'd keep her running and pop another seed. It's my first grow as well (I'm also growing a blue dream :P) I was thinking about LST but definitely not anymore. This sucks man :(!
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