Broken Stem Emergency! Please Help!

smokeymkpot · #1 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 03:45 AM

Ok so day 6 of flowering on my plants and I just opened up the grow room because the lights came on and what do I see. I broke the stem last night while doing some LST'ing. The plant doesn't seem to be doing bad (look at the 3rd pic) but what can I do to make sure that its ok? Is there anything I can do or is my plant just going to die. Any help would be awesome and the quicker the better! Thanks guys

smokeymkpot · #2 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 05:01 AM

Plant is a confirmed female and I would love to save her to get some bud. If anyone could help and let me know if it will heal on its own or what to do to keep her alive I would really appreciate it.

sparkypete · #3 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 05:14 AM

Fixing this is not really a problem. Splint it with something and tape it in place. Marijuana has a great ability to come back even after a stem break. Give her a week or so to recover before she will start to grow again. And be more careful next time!

was in the help guides pal

Ignatz451 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 05:15 AM

I've read somewhere here on GC that you can make a "splint" out of toothpicks or popsicle sticks, and gently tape around it to give it some support as it fixes itself.

The spot where I snapped mine has a little knot in it now, but the plant is as strong as ever.

Plants DO heal, and I'm sure your plant will recover!

Unless you hear otherwise, I would prop it together, tape it and try not to bend it for a few days.

That's what I did (except for the tape) and it's fine now.

MrBooMY · #5 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 07:23 AM

I damn near snapped 2 SEEDLINGS in two and just propped em up with a toothpick and a piece of electical tape, and they grew on like nothing ever happened. One is now my biggest plant even.

canuck420 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-07-2009, 04:27 AM

hey your plants look pretty sick man whats ur PH At? they need calcium i think (brown triangles on sceracions of leaf) i bet ur Ph is wrong? u thought u might have slow growth before ? stems that big are hard snap up to bad, ive seen a journal on here with worse and it was fine if u want u can tie a string around it like a splint

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#2 (permalink) 10-06-2009, 05:01 AM
smokeymkpot Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 45	Re: Broken Stem Emergency! Please Help! Plant is a confirmed female and I would love to save her to get some bud. If anyone could help and let me know if it will heal on its own or what to do to keep her alive I would really appreciate it. __________________ First Grow Ever with Bagseeds and CFL's!

#3 (permalink) 10-06-2009, 05:14 AM
sparkypete Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 34	Re: Broken Stem Emergency! Please Help! Fixing this is not really a problem. Splint it with something and tape it in place. Marijuana has a great ability to come back even after a stem break. Give her a week or so to recover before she will start to grow again. And be more careful next time! was in the help guides pal

#4 (permalink) 10-06-2009, 05:15 AM
Ignatz451 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 134	Re: Broken Stem Emergency! Please Help! I've read somewhere here on GC that you can make a "splint" out of toothpicks or popsicle sticks, and gently tape around it to give it some support as it fixes itself. The spot where I snapped mine has a little knot in it now, but the plant is as strong as ever. Plants DO heal, and I'm sure your plant will recover! Unless you hear otherwise, I would prop it together, tape it and try not to bend it for a few days. That's what I did (except for the tape) and it's fine now.

#5 (permalink) 10-06-2009, 07:23 AM
MrBooMY Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 155	Re: Broken Stem Emergency! Please Help! I damn near snapped 2 SEEDLINGS in two and just propped em up with a toothpick and a piece of electical tape, and they grew on like nothing ever happened. One is now my biggest plant even. Last edited by MrBooMY; 10-06-2009 at 07:51 AM. Reason: dur mistakes

#6 (permalink) 10-07-2009, 04:27 AM
canuck420 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 63	Re: Broken Stem Emergency! Please Help! hey your plants look pretty sick man whats ur PH At? they need calcium i think (brown triangles on sceracions of leaf) i bet ur Ph is wrong? u thought u might have slow growth before ? stems that big are hard snap up to bad, ive seen a journal on here with worse and it was fine if u want u can tie a string around it like a splint Last edited by canuck420; 10-07-2009 at 04:30 AM.

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