What happened the stem ?

M4A1

M4A1

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Damn I would be worried. I had a similar happening with Gnats. But it was a really small plant. It looked similar to that. The larva ate the roots and some of the stem. It looked similar to that. The plant ended up dying. I would be worried if that was mine.
 
growbuddy

growbuddy

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do you have rats in your grow room, wtf is that,it is shedded my guess is a rat or some huge bug infestation, do you have bugs of any kind in there?
 
growbuddy

growbuddy

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oh man you flowering that plant now too, I would cover it with something cuz it doesnt look like it ate through your plumbing in that stem so I think it can be saved but it looks like it was shredded by teeth
 
luckydog82

luckydog82

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Ah fuck it anyway,whats the best solution i did noticed 1 or 2 little bugs i just squished them whats my options ,can i save the plant ?
 
growbuddy

growbuddy

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whatever you do. dont put soil around the wound making it grow roots, you might get away with that if it was vegging. but since you dont see any bugs then I would wrap it in something that can easily be removed like saran wrap not tight tho. and dont let rats in there haha.
 
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Gixxer420

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DoeEyed said:
Something ate the outer layer of your stem. :shock: My first guess would be rodents.
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Yeah, plus 1,000,000... You got a rodent problem. Clearly the little bastard gnawed around the base of the stem.

Now that you have figured out the problem. You can proceed to the fun part, killing the fuckers. :fire:


Hope she's doing alright.
 
tyke1973

tyke1973

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If the bottom of the stem has kind of bumps on it they may be cankass.But to be honest i have never heard of them on a indoor grow.Are the lumps cercreating a white puss from them if so then cankass is a defo.There is not much that you can realy do against these either but they normaly show near the end of a plants life.But on the other hand if the plant has been kept in the clone phase too long then it may be that you are just looking at the plant produceing a tougth outer coating at the bottom of the stem.
 
CaptainDastardly

CaptainDastardly

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I'm sure the glue is less harmful than not having any...erm...bark...or whatever you'd call it. That leaves it prone to rot and disease. If anything, wrap the damage area with soemthing...maybe plastic wrap would work...and tap it to the stem above and below, so as not to let the glue leak into the inner parts as much.
Also...I have to agree on the rat thing...if it were bugs I think you would have noticed it starting sooner....unless you have some special, vicious weed eating termites from a radioactive pit in the middle of the Amazon.
 
dogglet forever

dogglet forever

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i duct tape mine all the time when i get too crazy with supercropping and snap or rub off the outer layer... the plants will shed the tape when it is healed
 
luckydog82

luckydog82

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Duct tape it is then i put cardboard around it for the time being ,and set mousetraps on the pots and i also plugged in 1 of them sonic rodent repellants
 
mkay420

mkay420

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well after lookin in your pics i would say first off that you are overwatering... there is noticable green algae on top of your soil and you probably have root rot which can travel up your stem. it does look chewed though.... hmmm... make sure you let your soil dry out before you water. the roots need oxygen as much as they need water. they cant get oxygen efficiently if you are soaking the soil before it can dry out... oxygen will transfer through dry soil much better than wet.

you said you saw a couple bugs... what kind were they, if you saw a couple you may have a ton more that you dont see... make sure you check everywhere, soil, under the leaves, on the stems, in the smallest crooks of your plant cuz those little fuckers can really hide. once you determine what kind of bugs you have check in the plant problems forum and you will find numerous posts on diagnosing plant problems and how to determine what kind of bugs you might have.
 
luckydog82

luckydog82

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mkay420 said:
well after lookin in your pics i would say first off that you are overwatering... there is noticable green algae on top of your soil and you probably have root rot which can travel up your stem. it does look chewed though.... hmmm... make sure you let your soil dry out before you water. the roots need oxygen as much as they need water. they cant get oxygen efficiently if you are soaking the soil before it can dry out... oxygen will transfer through dry soil much better than wet.

you said you saw a couple bugs... what kind were they, if you saw a couple you may have a ton more that you dont see... make sure you check everywhere, soil, under the leaves, on the stems, in the smallest crooks of your plant cuz those little fuckers can really hide. once you determine what kind of bugs you have check in the plant problems forum and you will find numerous posts on diagnosing plant problems and how to determine what kind of bugs you might have.
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check my grow in my link below i do let it dry out everything was fine up until the other day i had left it 3 days without seeing it i'm still unsure myself
 
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