Plant stems bent. Need Help

[BobWeed]

Newbie here. First Grow. Tried searching for this but didn't find exactly what I was looking for so I'm hoping one of you fine experts could help me out.

My plants are currently 3 weeks into flowering and I got really lucky that all 4 that I started with ended being female. The plants are completely healthy other than some of the leaves closest to the bottom are dying off.

I had an accident where all 4 of my plants' stems got bent over 45 degrees. 2 of them in 2 or more places. A couple of branches just below top colas were completely bent over. However, none of the stems or branches actually broke off and a few of the injuries showed some fluid coming out but no significant tears other than one long branch that broke halfway off at the joint.

I grabbed some bamboo sticks I just happened to have and duct taped them to the plant for support and I used twine instead of tape where I could. All plants are now upright and stable. The plants were splintered up within minutes of the accident but were fixed up right when the lights were turned off (so no time under lights right afterwards, unfortunately.

1. Will the plants be ok, even where it bent nearly 90 degrees?
2. Will the tape adhesive poison the plant? (little tape was used)
3. Is it safe to assume that the plants could all turn hermie at this stage of flowering?
4. How far did this set me back?
5. Anything specific I should do to help the plant heal? (nutes, etc...)

I found info in the forum close to what happened to me but I would like to get some opinions on this specific instance. Thanks for your help

.......yes, I was high when it happened. And yes, it was my fault.

BobWeed Reviewed by BobWeed on 07-09-2007. Plant stems bent. Need Help Newbie here. First Grow. Tried searching for this but didn't find exactly what I was looking for so I'm hoping one of you fine experts could help me out. My plants are currently 3 weeks into flowering and I got really lucky that all 4 that I started with ended being female. The plants are completely healthy other than some of the leaves closest to the bottom are dying off. I had an accident where all 4 of my plants' stems got bent over 45 degrees. 2 of them in 2 or more places. A couple Rating: 5

[smokinbomb]

i have had lights fall and bend and break my plants befor sometimes i just leave them the way they are bent and let them fix their selves if there's not to much stem damage and they seem to do fine the twine you used might not be the best thing it could cut into the stalks depending on how thick it is and how tight its tied i have splinted and taped branches but once it is broken to a certin point its just kinda a lost cause as for the hermi thing if your doing every thing else right i wouldnt worrie about it and i dont think you have to worrie about the tape poisening the plant i used sports tape on mine good luck :thumbsup:

-Bomb

[horror business]

Can you post pictures?

[BobWeed]

Unfortunately, I don't have a camera so I can't post any pics. My camera phone sucks.

The twine I'm using is thin and soft and it wasn't tied too tight anywhere...my fear was hurting the stem. Maybe I'll tape it up in spots I used twine when I get back from work today.

After checking them this morning, the two plants that had one spot on the stem that sustained a bad bend appear to be doing well...also the plant that had half its joint ripped at one of the main branches seems well so far. The plant that had multiple bends is having some problems including: white pistols are shriveling up and turning brownish and leaves and branches sagging pretty bad. I'm a little worried about this one.

Like you smokin, I dropped the stupid lights onto them. Lesson learned...don't make adjustments with them underneath. I damn near had a heart attack. So you just left them alone? I didn't feel comfortable with that since a few of the bends were nearly 90 degrees and I thought for sure I'd lose a lot of yield if I left them like that.

[BobWeed]

forgot to ask (and this is for anyone). Would nutes help the plants at all? I am only using a bloom fertilizer that is 10-30-10 at this point and I'm wondering if I should use the 20-20-20 for a week or so to help them out. Before the accident last night, the lower leaves were getting a little crispy, hanging low, and changing colors a bit, but I thought that may be normal at this stage. What do you guys think?

seems so odd to me to put duct tape on a plant

[BobWeed]

darnit, I knew I forgot one other thing....

one of the plants had multiple sections of the stem that were bent badly (though no real tearing that I saw) and I had to put a thin stake the length of the plant into the pot to anchor the plant to it. Obviously, I ripped some roots out when inserting it into the dirt. I'm curious to know if doing that was a big mistake. I just checked on it and the leaves are starting to droop badly and the pistols are shriveling and turning brown in the top places. I'm sure it's shock, but will the loss of roots be of a concern and will they grow back?

sorry for the multiple posts and questions. This forum has been awesome in helping me grow for the first time and so far it's been really good and this problem has me stumped.

thanks.

[Divestoned]

they are gonna be fine...I have recently been playing w/"super cropping" w/is the act of bending the stems over till the fold in half intentionally.(I suggest pinching the stem before folding so you dont break it off) It increases lower growth while maintaining a reasonable height. my results thus far have been great!

Dive:stoned:

[BobWeed]

Thanks Dive. I've read a bit about supercropping and if that works, then I'm sure most of my plants will ok. It's just the part about being 3 weeks into flowering and seeing buds turning to shit is what's making me freak out about it.

amazing how easy it is to freak out when you're new. Every time I had the slightest weirdness in my plants early on I'd read 100 things to find the problem. Now, I pretty much let it go and use some common sense and they end up fine.

[smokinbomb]

hey bob how are your plants doing ?

[Pass That Shit]

I snapped mine in half by mistake. It looks like it's growing ok. I will compare it to the other plants if it turns out female. :jointsmile: