Snapped stem

LLanier

LLanier

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Accidentally snapped my stem doing LST. Which I guess now is HST..... its about a quarter to a half inch down .

Do you think she'll survive and is that band aid alright to use ?
 

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LLanier said:
Accidentally snapped my stem doing LST. Which I guess now is HST..... its about a quarter to a half inch down .

Do you think she'll survive and is that band aid alright to use ?
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It’ll probably be okay and the bandaid should work. I was moving one of my outdoor trees and I split the main stem in two. The fracture was like 5” long right at the base. I taped it up with some electrical tape and it ended up being my highest yielding outdoor plant. You’ll know in a few days if yours isn’t gonna make it. If the plant looks the same after a week it’ll be fine.
 
Awesome . I figured by now I'd see drooping if it was major . I dropped a box once and snapped a plant almost im half . Dangling by the outer layer . It was almost instantly droopy . Its been about 30 min simce the incident and looks fine . I have high hopes .

God nothing gets the heart racing faster than a sudden snap.
 
That's not a major problem, the last time I harvested I found a stem I could see/look through where I'd split a stem netting it.

Eta... Just for clarity I'm not basing it on that one incident, I've done a number of times.
 
LLanier said:
Awesome . I figured by now I'd see drooping if it was major . I dropped a box once and snapped a plant almost im half . Dangling by the outer layer . It was almost instantly droopy . Its been about 30 min simce the incident and looks fine . I have high hopes .

God nothing gets the heart racing faster than a sudden snap.
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I was trying to grab something off the shelf in my grow room last night without using a step ladder. I slipped and fell backwards and knew I couldn't grab onto the light so my plants caught me. I sat on one and my arm hit another. They seem to be just fine this morning!
 
I've dropped a fan and filter onto plants, they were damaged but still bounced back.
I've also nearly landed in my screen a number of times, I know my luck can't continue its on the cards.
 
It'll be fine, even without a bandaid. Just support it and keep it from moving for a few days. It's no different than super cropping. It's just fix itself with a big "knuckle" and press on like nothing happened.
 
That's a delicate area at the best of times, for future reference you can twist stems back and forth between your fingers to soften it, it can then be moved/bent over easily without a crease/buckle on the stem.
It probably doesn't matter but my view is if I can avoid them then why not.
 
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It'll be fine, even without a bandaid. Just support it and keep it from moving for a few days. It's no different than super cropping. It's just fix itself with a big "knuckle" and press on like nothing happened.
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Phew thanks for your reply. My first grow indoors and I was too afraid to supercrop and just tied down a couple of branches. Later I saw they had split from the main stem but seem fine.
 

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I supercrop the piss out of plants and I can count actual branches lost over the years on one hand. If it’s just not going to stand back up then clip it and root it. Snap or twist. There’s a geek on YouTube who’s a bit dramatic but he demonstrates it well. To hell with tying them up. 40 plants? Snap ‘em the right way and keep moving.
 
Thanks guys! She is fine BTW. So....now the question is, for myself . Shall I read up on super cropping and start implementing it with my photo runs ?

Yes lol
 
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