Damn wind

[big20]

DAMN!!!! wind storm blew trough late night and had its way with my girl snapping one side taking out about 1\4 of her its not snapped all the way through so i held it back and taped her
at this stage of flowering am i wasting its energy on trying to repair that side or should i just let it b ????????????????????????
ill post pics later

 

[stoneyluv]

go with the tape, use chopsticks as splints to if you have to. she might be fine. I had it once to and it didn't die

 

[wagontail]

Do you have a picture? Was it a topped plant and one of the four stems blew over, or just a large branch? Just curious. But it should heal. Since it's flowering, that branch may not fill out like the rest, but they usually recover as long as they're still connected.

 

[mr.swishas&herb]

ya ive had buds break over from their own weight and then tied em up and they had enough stalk intact to perform growth tasks...it filled out just fine

 

[stealthymurph]

ya ive had buds break over from their own weight and then tied em up and they had enough stalk intact to perform growth tasks...it filled out just fine

now thats what i like to read

 

[mr.swishas&herb]

now thats what i like to read

haha not proud of it, but ya live and learn now i tie up my buds ahead of time

 

[CptNemo]

I went camping over the weekend and came home to find one of my 5ft gals at a 45° angle. Damn wind blew her over but didnt uproot her. My rope came loose from my deck. So I tied her back up and she is doing fine. I see what the guys that do the LST talk about with the flowers following the light. The very top of her stalk has a funny Z shape to it now. Just from 1 day at 45° then back up right. It made 2 corrections in 48 hrs. Didnt think they moved that fast.

 

[mr.swishas&herb]

I went camping over the weekend and came home to find one of my 5ft gals at a 45° angle. Damn wind blew her over but didnt uproot her. My rope came loose from my deck. So I tied her back up and she is doing fine. I see what the guys that do the LST talk about with the flowers following the light. The very top of her stalk has a funny Z shape to it now. Just from 1 day at 45° then back up right. It made 2 corrections in 48 hrs. Didnt think they moved that fast.

yup they are very hearty plants...and i think of topping like human bones in the sense that breaking them makes them stronger...they get strong bulgy "joints" where you top them

 

[big20]

thanks for the info its a topped plant from start

the lower right its not broke here

 

[big20]

i love lst each of the shoots going for the sun turns into it own cola and they race for the king of the limb

 

[mr.swishas&herb]

ya man you will be fine haha looks great still...

 

[beginnerGmike]

big your plant is beautiful. how do i lst like yours?

 

[big20]

thanks mike check it out on youtube lots of video but its mostly patents just dont try to over bend it and i started after topping then with the new growth jus make it do what ou want it to do trial and error

the break is on the left

 

[JayTrinity]

I use "Forks" (Sticks) to prop up the branch if they have weight.

 

[Spanishfly]

I have a cord strung over my girls so any collapsed branches can be tied up again.

 

[big20]

spanish fly



any pics??

 

[big20]

jay


good idea ill go lookin 4 sum late

 

[big20]

jay thats the shit ill do from jump next year thanks yo

 

[wheezer]

I use some grafting compound on my broken limbs as well. It helps hold it together when your taping ahd so forth. I have saved branches that were torn completely off the plant, but I was right there when it happened, taped it, glued it with grafting compound, and away it went, no harm no foul. You judt have to be careful to only put the compound on the outside of the break, if you put it inside, it cuts off the flow.

 

[big20]

i used sticks works great i dont think it has much longer tho