help the top of one of my plants (female ) out grew the rest and i tryed to bend it back down to the light, and in doing so i broke the stem can it repair or should i cut it off please help as im worried i might loos it
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help the top of one of my plants (female ) out grew the rest and i tryed to bend it back down to the light, and in doing so i broke the stem can it repair or should i cut it off please help as im worried i might loos it
also the leafs are drooping at the top is this because they have gone above the light canopy?
Child, it's a weed! If the leaves on the broken part wilt, it likely will lose the top. BUT all is not lost! The plant will put out side shoots to replace the main cola. I regularly top my plants on purpose to get more tops growing. Usually I do it about 3 -4 weeks in veg. Next time you want to bend a plant either pinch it where you want to bend it- just enough to barely crush the stem and then gently bend it. It may need some support temporarily. OR You can do some LST- low stress training- by adding weights to the branches to bend them. (do a search here) One of my friends uses her empty lighters- her plants look like some weird Xmas trees! I also have used twist ties, shaped into a "S" shape, to hook taller branches to either a lower branch or a stake pulling it down. The thing is to be gentle and take your time. When your broken bud finally dies, dry it and smoke it as a preview of things to come. You might be nicely surprised. - Granny Storm Crow
thanks for the info was worried that a plant in flower would die if the stem was broken thanks again granny storm crow, i look forward to the early bud test
search for "broken stem" and "stem broken" most the time you can wrap the stems back up together and they will fuse back together creating a knot, i dont know about during flowering how well this would work thoUGH
thanks ark most helpfull