Weak Stems??

[HillbillyG]

I need to know if anyone can tell me if there is anything I can find around the house that can make stems stronger??
thx peace

HillbillyG Reviewed by HillbillyG on 10-21-2004. Weak Stems?? I need to know if anyone can tell me if there is anything I can find around the house that can make stems stronger?? thx peace Rating: 5

[buddha]

depends on how old you plnts is if its till young you put a fan on it. At first not directly but just so it gets a draft then directly on it later will strenghten the stem. If its already getting tall and cant support itself buy some ferts with high potassium levels to strengthen the stem and if its still to late even for that your gonna have to tie it to the cieling but loosley so you wont cut off water flow in the shoots.

[notanovice]

this is what i used to do if a plant started stretching, take a regular plastic straw, cut it to length of stem, just below first set of leaves, just slightly longer. slit the straw all the way from top to bottom.fold it back so it`s open, then place around the stem, slightly pushing down into the medium to hold it. it wont hurt your plant and will expand with the stem, it worked for me many times when my plants started to stretch

[The Student]

notanovice

Great idea. A great and simple solution.

Thanks for the tip.

Peace

[psilocybin]

This will be too late for you now, but I've heard that gently bending the plant back and forth when its a seedling will help strengthen the stem as well - sort of has a similar effect as a breeze with a fan.