this may be a dumb question but....

my plant is about 3 weeks into budding and i took off a lower stem containing a little popcorn bud just to pass time by because im dealing with a really rough situation right now. but when i tore the stem off, it peeled a layer of the main stem back a little bit (its still in contact, just separated a bit). is this going to effect the plant at all?? will it still be able to continue to bud??

If the tear is deep you may wanna tie it a little too keep light out of the inside of the stem. Don't tie it to tight tho you don't want to cut of the circulation of stem.

If you had some pics it would be easier to help. I don't think it'll really effect it. I have 2 plants outside that got rained on and broke in half, I just taped where it was broken and tied them up and they're still budding.

Weed plants are pretty resilient, that little tear shouldn't hurt.

you smoked 3 week old buds? those wouldnt have even gotten you high. but back to your situation masking tape tha bitch.

thank yall so much for the help and it did give me a little buzz! enough to lighten my mood

Smoke it if you got it

yeah some of that fluff can give a nice buzz even early on. MJ plants are easy to fix. Just tape them back together. I recently knocked off a main branch with a big cola forming on it. Completely broken off! Taped it back together with some wire for support and the branch didn't even stop growing!