Is my plant dead ???

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Chrisjames47

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Hi people just a quick question, I am 2 weeks into flower and I took all of my plants out out the tent yesterday to cut any big leaves off and while I was putting them back in the top of one of my plants snapped and is hanging down, is there anything I can do about this? I will upload pic.
Any reply's will be appreciated, thanks
 

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Green_Alchemist

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It should be ok if you tape it back up and brace it right away, I use plumbers tape.

We’ve all snapped a few branches here at RIU, just tape it and time will tell if it heals.

edit: added photos of my stem split for reference (tried to LST too much too quick)
 

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HighlyMedic@ted

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You can locate the break point and use duct tape. Spray the steam a little but not too much because you don't want it to rot. I believe the quicker you do it the better. The cola in the center had a break it took almost a week to recover but it did and it's doing great.IMG_20210524_070759.jpg
 
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Chrisjames47

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Green_Alchemist said:
It should be ok if you tape it back up and brace it right away, I use plumbers tape.

We’ve all snapped a few branches here at RIU, just tape it and time will tell if it heals.

edit: added photos of my stem split for reference (tried to LST too much too quick)
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Thanks for the reply, it happened yesterday morning and I am in work now I will be home at 6 so by the time I tape it it will be over 30 hours since it snapped and the leaves on it looked dead this morning before I left for work is there no way I could just cut the top part of plant off it it will grow back? Thanks again.
 
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Chrisjames47

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HighlyMedic@ted said:
You can locate the break point and use duct tape. Spray the steam a little but not too much because you don't want it to rot. I believe the quicker you do it the better. The cola in the center had a break it took almost a week to recover but it did and it's doing great.View attachment 4927849
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Thanks for the reply it snapped yesterday morning and I won't be able to put tape on it until tonight and the leaves at top of plant looked dead this morning before I left for work so do you think it is too late and if so can I just cut top of plant off and would it grow back? Thanks again
 
HighlyMedic@ted

HighlyMedic@ted

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Chrisjames47 said:
Thanks for the reply it snapped yesterday morning and I won't be able to put tape on it until tonight and the leaves at top of plant looked dead this morning before I left for work so do you think it is too late and if so can I just cut top of plant off and would it grow back? Thanks again
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I had a second one snap and I did not fix it. Nothing grew back. When flowering they don't grow back unless it's really early into flower. You didn't have a full break so you can still try to fix her I think.
 
osowhom

osowhom

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Chrisjames47 said:
Thanks for the reply it snapped yesterday morning and I won't be able to put tape on it until tonight and the leaves at top of plant looked dead this morning before I left for work so do you think it is too late and if so can I just cut top of plant off and would it grow back? Thanks again
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it wont grow back but the other branches will make up for it BTW the stems look kind of skinny and week for week 2 of flower
 
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FidelCa$hflow

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Green_Alchemist said:
It should be ok if you tape it back up and brace it right away, I use plumbers tape.

We’ve all snapped a few branches here at RIU, just tape it and time will tell if it heals.

edit: added photos of my stem split for reference (tried to LST too much too quick)
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Yeah it pays to soften the stem a bit before you bend it. I use masking tape because it was all i had around one time and apparently the branches can grow inside of it and spread it out.
 
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goofy81

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That looks dead if its wilted like that.
As long as you don't snap too much horizintally you're fine.
Here's an example to break my fat stems.
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Chrisjames47

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osowhom said:
it wont grow back but the other branches will make up for it BTW the stems look kind of skinny and week for week 2 of flower
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Thanks, Yea all of the plants are a bit stretchy I have had the light on 400 and kept it around 2 foot from top of plants but thinking of putting it up to 600 now I'm over 2 weeks into flower
 
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