I read about this technique somewhere, but had never put it into action. This plant had the stem physically broken in

1/2 about 2 nodes (1/2way) down from the top. Broken 3/4+ of the way throug, the "dangling" portion was held up in place by the rim of the cup, so it was held at a right angle and healed. There is a huge (nearly 2x stem diameter) knot where the break was. Notice that the tip stopped growing and it did not revert to an upright growth position/phototropism until the plant healed sufficiently, approximately ~ 10-12 days after the breaking. meanwhile, everything under the break got a huge growth spurt.
Tokudai Reviewed by Tokudai on . Topping vs Breaking vs Bending vs LST - a photojournal I was recently experimenting with some plants and figured this is a great chance to illustrate the differences of each technique. I am not saying one is better than another or one yields more, simply trying to help growers visualize the concepts and view them right next to each other, using the same plants, same age, lighting, nutes, atmosphere, etc So onto the details. Plants were all Nirvana Aurora Indica clones, nearly identical in size and nodes, rooted and transplanted to 16 0z cups Rating: 5