NEWBIE WITH QUESTIONS - Northern Lights Auto from Herbies

Your plants look healthy in those photos no visible damage from what I can see. If the helicopter just knocked around the tie-downs or bent some branches, don’t worry. Cannabis is tough. Just make sure nothing is broken off completely, and if branches got bent, they’ll straighten back up in a day or two. Keep the plant stable and it’ll recover fine. The LST will help it bounce back anyway since you’ve already trained it to handle stress.

Hey there! First off, take a deep breath we have all been there. "Helicopter parenting" your plants is a total rite of passage for a new grower, so don't beat yourself up too much! Looking at your photos, it looks like you had a little mishap and split or snapped the main stem while readjusting your LST (Low Stress Training). The good news is that cannabis is an incredibly resilient plant, often called a weed for a reason, and it can bounce back from this beautifully if we act fast. Since this is an autoflower, time is a bit of a factor because they have a built-in internal clock and less time to veg and recover than photoperiods, but your plant still looks young, healthy, and full of life. Here is what you need to do right now to save her. You want to treat this like a broken bone. Bring the broken pieces back together as perfectly and snugly as possible so the internal vascular system can reconnect. It looks like you've already tried taping or wrapping it with what looks like a pipe cleaner or string, which is a great instinct, but we need to make sure it is totally stable and sealed. Get some electrical tape or specialized grafting tape and wrap the break firmly to hold it in place and keep moisture in while keeping bacteria out. If the stem is sagging or can't support its own weight, use a small wooden skewer or a chopstick as a splint alongside the stem, taping it firmly to give it structural support. Once she is patched up, leave her completely alone for at least a week to 10 days so she can form a protective knuckle over the wound. Avoid any more LST or stress on that specific area until it is fully healed. You might notice a little bit of wilting above the break over the next couple of days, which is totally normal, but as long as the tape holds it secure, she should mend herself just fine. Keep your chin up, you've got this! Happy Growing Growmie🌱

You don't have to do the same training outdoors as indoors, unless you are relying on artificial lighting in your greeenhouse. With the sun, there's no drop off in iintensity along its height. Train to spread it out and capture as much light, but don't worry about bending a plant over or leveling the canopy, etc... your question got cut off by the 280 character limit. If you damaged the stem, looks like you did all you could.. splint/tape/whatever.. hold it together and it'll heal within 48 hours. Once there's a nice new knuckle where the damage was, you can remove any splint. if you keep the lst, i'd anchor the base of the stem to the opposite side before it pulls itself through the medium and potentially damages some roots. The plant is trying to course correct so it'll constantly try to grow upward again, which will create tension.