Storm Damage Advice

We had a major Tstorm with about two inches of rain and hellatious winds for about an hour and a half last night..I'm only growing three plants this year, they are clone transplants that have been outside and in the ground for three weeks.

When to check out the girls this afternoon and one of them was listing to the side (but not laying down flat)and the tops look a little droopy, but the other leaves looked good.

I gently lifted her up and packed the soil around the base, but that clearly wasn't going to do it. Then I thought about staking it up temporarilty till she re-roots..But I don't want to damage the stem. SO, what I've tried is using a small wire garden fence and encased the plant inside a cage. This allows for plenty of air flow and some movement of the plant but it can't fall down and the sun can get to the whole plant.

This seem like a good method?

you can stake it up or you can put a tomato cage over it, either will work.

u dont think it will straighten up on its own?

I live in a place known for heavy winds anyway..I planted in a somewhat wind protected area, so I guess I just wanted to give the plant time to strengthen up a little before removing the cage, I guess I did it because I wasn't sure if it would straighten up on it's own. I do quite a bit of gardening and it seems like plants you want or value get damage and die and shitty plants and weeds can sustain anything and flourish! ...Brian, what I put around the plant is basically a modified tomato cage.

wayno30 said:

u dont think it will straighten up on its own?

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The marihooch plants are super beast. They have one of the strongest plant fibers in the world. I say if the plant is a wimp and it can't hold itself up with no buds, then how much bud will it hold up later? Not too much. Let it try to fix itself naturally and hope for the best. Survival of the fitest all day.

Good call..Darwinian Gardening

E Scrizz said:

The marihooch plants are super beast. They have one of the strongest plant fibers in the world. I say if the plant is a wimp and it can't hold itself up with no buds, then how much bud will it hold up later? Not too much. Let it try to fix itself naturally and hope for the best. Survival of the fitest all day.

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My worry wasn't with the stem itself..but they had only been in the ground between two and three weeks at the time of the storm, I "think" the root system may have started to spread and estabish and then got pulled free from the wind. There was no actual visiable damage to the plant above ground.

I'd leave it alone. Any action you make now is based on the guess that the roots are damaged. I bet you go out in 2 days and that sucker is praying towards the sun.

cchamp...You are absolutely correct. It looks like nothing ever happened to it. I removed to little garden fence I had around it. Everythings good! I can believe how much these little ones have grown in three weeks.

cchamp said:

I'd leave it alone. Any action you make now is based on the guess that the roots are damaged. I bet you go out in 2 days and that sucker is praying towards the sun.

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