main stem snapped off

IWANTTHATPURPLESTUFF420 · May 22, 2009

i was trying to bend the main stem because it was stretching. after i slowly tried to bend it it then snapped. it scared the crap out of me. the thing didnt completely snap off but it is hanging side ways with the main stem barely hanging onto a tissue of plant skin. do i pull it off or do i let it go? :cry:

LiEBE420 · May 22, 2009

hahaha im sorry buddy!

your plants must of been pretty tiny to snap that easy? what kind of light do you have and how big are they? i think once its snapped its garbage right?

tyke1973 · May 22, 2009

If it still has the menbrain on it will start to grow again don't fuss around it leave it be.

IWANTTHATPURPLESTUFF420 · May 22, 2009

there are still nodes below the part where the stem snapped off. i know that my plant will continue to grow but im just wondering about the part that snapped. it is barely hangning on with a piece of plant skin. im just wondering if the part that snapped off would recover with the small piece of plant skin on it. will it recover and grow horizontally?

IWANTTHATPURPLESTUFF420 · May 22, 2009

thanks again tyke for the help but i have to ask how do i tell if there is a membrane on it or not?

M Blaze · May 22, 2009

Try tieing it back up and bandage or tape up around the snapped part then see how it goes. I always tie up my branches off the main stem with bandages to help support them and avoid having this problem.

Good luck with it.

420forever1289 · May 22, 2009

IWANTTHATPURPLESTUFF420 said:
there are still nodes below the part where the stem snapped off. i know that my plant will continue to grow but im just wondering about the part that snapped. it is barely hangning on with a piece of plant skin. im just wondering if the part that snapped off would recover with the small piece of plant skin on it. will it recover and grow horizontally?

then u just topped it right.......just a little roughly.....and if all else fails u could cut it nd try to clone it

assmacka · May 22, 2009

Tape it back,, but dont use duct tape. use masking or something less sticky.

GoldenGanja13 · May 22, 2009

I use duct tape plenty of times, I swear by the stuff.

mygirls · May 22, 2009

steak it and tie it just above the break and below the break a coupletimes. don't cover the breaklet air get to it. in a week she will be fixed. good luck

assmacka · May 22, 2009

GoldenGanja13 said:
I use duct tape plenty of times, I swear by the stuff.

Yeah duct tape is awesome, I use alot of it, but if you wrap it around the stem, itl be really hard to remove, and can rip off the cellulose on the outside of the stem.

GrowingMadness · May 22, 2009

if you snapped it fairly low you can always put her in a bigger pot and cover with dirt

Highhunter · May 22, 2009

make a brace using card board and tape that loosly around the damaged stem... it should grow back stronger

GoldenGanja13 · May 22, 2009

I had a 4 foot Thai plant that split right down the middle because the arms where too long and heavy, The duct tape was not coming off once put on, lol. But yeah I understand why one would want to use some less sticky tape for a younger plant.

mygirls · May 22, 2009

ya im braking branches most ofthe time and i just use a curtin hook that u use to hold your curtines up. i tie a piece offish line to the hook, use the hook on the plant and pull the broken part together with the other end and tieing it off to the plant stake.. quikeand easy.

M Blaze · May 23, 2009

mygirls said:
ya im braking branches most ofthe time and i just use a curtin hook that u use to hold your curtines up. i tie a piece offish line to the hook, use the hook on the plant and pull the broken part together with the other end and tieing it off to the plant stake.. quikeand easy.

Sounds like you need to tie up and support the bottom branches to avoid it happening again. As you know it can be a problem with big plants once they get some weight on them.
This is how I tie mine using a bandage:

demonic1 · May 23, 2009

Tape it back up using a Band-Aid. It will be fine. If you did it right away, it would have been like grafting and should heal fine in a few days. If you have waited for all the answers here, it might be a bit of a problem.

mygirls · May 23, 2009

M Blaze said:
Sounds like you need to tie up and support the bottom branches to avoid it happening again. As you know it can be a problem with big plants once they get some weight on them.
This is how I tie mine using a bandage:

hellthis happens b4 the buds. just from moveing them around. no big deal they heal. anyway the big room is almost here. 20 days away. ya

IWANTTHATPURPLESTUFF420 · May 25, 2009

dude mygirls your plants look beautiful i only wish that mine were like that. it is also sort of a tease lol. but back to the point of my stem snapping, so far its been 2 days and the main stem came back to life all on its own. the broken half of my plant is growing towards the light. well only the vegetation that was on it. originally the broken half was hanging on a thread of plant skin with the vegetation looking dead. now that vegetation came is growing into the lights. it even got a little burnt. anyway thanks for all the help to everyone who posted on here.

mygirls · May 25, 2009

IWANTTHATPURPLESTUFF420 said:
dude mygirls your plants look beautiful i only wish that mine were like that. it is also sort of a tease lol. but back to the point of my stem snapping, so far its been 2 days and the main stem came back to life all on its own. the broken half of my plant is growing towards the light. well only the vegetation that was on it. originally the broken half was hanging on a thread of plant skin with the vegetation looking dead. now that vegetation came is growing into the lights. it even got a little burnt. anyway thanks for all the help to everyone who posted on here.

this dam weed plants are tuffer then stone cold steve austin.LOL

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