Main stem snapped in half, Not possible to reattach.. help!

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SSChevelle

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Hey fellas. exactly as the title says. The main stem of my plant snapped in half, no tissue connecting the two pieces. The plant was about 20" when it snapped, the main stem is now about 8" tall, i lost 80%+ of the plant.

SO my questions are this.
- can the plant continue to grow?
- Is there anything i should be doing to help it?
- Where the main stem is snapped off there is a hole that travels down the center of the plant... should i cover that with something?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

for those of you are wondering how this happened................... my dog jumped on the plant.............................. -.-
 
Ringsixty

Ringsixty

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Just make a Clone out of it.

You can graft it back on. But, if it doesn't take, you know what that means.
 
Piper84

Piper84

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Damn dude, that sucks, but to answer your question yes the plant will continue to grow,to help it try to reattach the stem with some duct tape (i know it sounds crazy but if your two broken parts touch they will refuse and you will have a nice knuckle where it snapped.
 
Sunbiz1

Sunbiz1

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Piper84 said:
Damn dude, that sucks, but to answer your question yes the plant will continue to grow,to help it try to reattach the stem with some duct tape (i know it sounds crazy but if your two broken parts touch they will refuse and you will have a nice knuckle where it snapped.
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Wouldn't duct tape cause problems restricting stem growth during veg?.
 
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SSChevelle

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I was gone when this snapping occurred, when i came home the top of the plant was completely wilted and noodle-ish. Should i go get the top out of the garbage can and attach it?

I was just hoping i could salvage the bottom part of the plant and write the top off as a loss.

When this happened i did take clones, unfortunately i did not have any rooting hormone or cloning solution, just threw them in an ecto-bucket and turned the water on.

To the first person who responded : should i try and graft my best looking clone to the top of my plant?? that sounds more feasible at this point than reattaching the wilted top.
To everyone else : can i just leave the plant alone, and it will continue growing? also is there anything i should do to the area where the plant snapped? I dont like seeing straight into the stem.
 
Ilovebush

Ilovebush

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You can try grafting the clone back onto to stem...a few different ways to do this...just check it out on youtube.com
 
Sunbiz1

Sunbiz1

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SSChevelle said:
I was gone when this snapping occurred, when i came home the top of the plant was completely wilted and noodle-ish. Should i go get the top out of the garbage can and attach it?

I was just hoping i could salvage the bottom part of the plant and write the top off as a loss.

When this happened i did take clones, unfortunately i did not have any rooting hormone or cloning solution, just threw them in an ecto-bucket and turned the water on.

To the first person who responded : should i try and graft my best looking clone to the top of my plant?? that sounds more feasible at this point than reattaching the wilted top.
To everyone else : can i just leave the plant alone, and it will continue growing? also is there anything i should do to the area where the plant snapped? I dont like seeing straight into the stem.
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So long as there is something remaining, even one fan leaf and a stem...it will re-generate. Cannabis is remarkably resilient, but not enough to fish that top out of the trash can.

Personally, I'd stick w/the clones taken and grow the mother out.

And bad dog!
 
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SSChevelle

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Im going to do exactly what you suggested sunbiz. Thanks for everyone who replied. I was very nervous because this plant is my only female currently. The clones look terrible right now, droopy stems/branches, i doubt the clones will pull through.

but atleast i have my poor mother plant :)

thanks again everyone. ill continue to moniter for additional advice.
 
Piper84

Piper84

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Sunbiz1 said:
I've never tried, and never seen it successfully performed...you?.
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The honest answer is I never had it happen to me, and i havent seen it work for anyone else..I do know of 1 person on another fourm that said he reattached and it worked but no proof.
 
Piper84

Piper84

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If you took clones that is a good preventative measure to make sure its not a total loss, but I would get some cloning solution/gel to help increase your chances of having a successful cloning experience. Just my opinion.
 
grasscropper

grasscropper

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The bottom portion will be fine... you could have put the top in some water and it probably would have come back from the "noodlely" state and then tried to graft or tape it.
 
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SSChevelle

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Just a quick update, the mother plant survived, the leaves look a bit sad, but the plant appears to be recovering well.

When the plant snapped it had just started showing preflowers, about 4-5 days prior.
I switched back to 18/6 to allow it to re-veg because it has virtually no budsites now. Will switching back to veg stop its sexual maturity? i want to be certain this thing is female.
 
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