ItsAllNiceAndLegal
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In the process of upgrading my lighting syste, I managed to snap the stem on a 3cm plant (only been in soil about 5/6 days).
I've read a few threads/guides about attaching a broken plant to a support and that'll allow it to heal in time, but this is such a yong plant, I really think attaching it to something is a bad idea, and just going to cripple it.
So here's what I did. I've given it a dedicated 25W CFL just over an inch from the plant, now in it's natural orientation the plant is facing the clf directly, so instead of tieing it to a support, i got a small piece of card and basically propped the shoot up by placing it under the leaves. I also added a little more water (maybe 30-50 mls) but not much since I'm trying not to spoil any of my plants
So it has a dedicated light now, and a "soft-splint" to prop the stem up so the leaves are getting the maximum light.
Aside from watching and maybe replacing the splint, can anyone see any problems with this?
I was raging when it hapened, of 5 seeds 3 have developed really well so far, and I want at least 1 male/female so I can get some seeds/pollen for future runs, was looking reasonably good, the i went and broke the stem grrrrr
Also, while I'm posting this, I have two other seeds that have yet to sprout, I'm thinking I'll give them until Monday (it's Tuesday at midnight here) and then see about placing them somewhere with a slightly elevated temperature. Any other suggestions there?
Thanks for reading!
I've read a few threads/guides about attaching a broken plant to a support and that'll allow it to heal in time, but this is such a yong plant, I really think attaching it to something is a bad idea, and just going to cripple it.
So here's what I did. I've given it a dedicated 25W CFL just over an inch from the plant, now in it's natural orientation the plant is facing the clf directly, so instead of tieing it to a support, i got a small piece of card and basically propped the shoot up by placing it under the leaves. I also added a little more water (maybe 30-50 mls) but not much since I'm trying not to spoil any of my plants
So it has a dedicated light now, and a "soft-splint" to prop the stem up so the leaves are getting the maximum light.
Aside from watching and maybe replacing the splint, can anyone see any problems with this?
I was raging when it hapened, of 5 seeds 3 have developed really well so far, and I want at least 1 male/female so I can get some seeds/pollen for future runs, was looking reasonably good, the i went and broke the stem grrrrr
Also, while I'm posting this, I have two other seeds that have yet to sprout, I'm thinking I'll give them until Monday (it's Tuesday at midnight here) and then see about placing them somewhere with a slightly elevated temperature. Any other suggestions there?
Thanks for reading!