Broken Stem Splint..

Basebaby

Basebaby

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StonedGardener said:
I've used duct tape on plants almost broken in half...works great......blows tape right off...
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I've used it as well, however I just wanted to see if I could come up with something that might heal a little better and faster with all that extra air flow...
 
Southernontariogrower

Southernontariogrower

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I found some small metal spring clips at dollar store, cliped on direct had same effect. Dont forget it there. Agree that its less evasive than tape. And airflow not hindered. I didnt use splint. How about a pic of the girls?
 
Basebaby

Basebaby

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Southernontariogrower said:
I found some small metal spring clips at dollar store, cliped on direct had same effect. Dont forget it there. Agree that its less evasive than tape. And airflow not hindered. I didnt use splint. How about a pic of the girls?
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Lights are off now..
Still nursing them back after the poor feeding job my neighbor did when I was gone for the past 3 and half weeks..:wall:
I guess I can't complain. He tried.. lol

I'll grab some updated pics tomorrow.
 
StonedGardener

StonedGardener

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Basebaby said:
I've used it as well, however I just wanted to see if I could come up with something that might heal a little better and faster with all that extra air flow...
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Good idea......one time I was moving a staked down plant, forgot to remove stake, almost broke main trunk in half, it was bad.........good old duct tape saved it...healed quick.
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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Basebaby said:
I've used it as well, however I just wanted to see if I could come up with something that might heal a little better and faster with all that extra air flow...
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Good old fashioned paper painters tape allows air flow and you can even mist the wound thru it
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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It seems to me that the branch would heal and function better without airflow. When I don't tape a break it looks all jagged and gnarled afterwards. When I tape it, it looks like more like it was super cropped than broken afterwards. This is from memory, so I could be wrong.
 
StonedGardener

StonedGardener

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lusidghost said:
It seems to me that the branch would heal and function better without airflow. When I don't tape a break it looks all jagged and gnarled afterwards. When I tape it, it looks like more like it was super cropped than broken afterwards. This is from memory, so I could be wrong.
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For me the duct tape has always worked great, maybe that's why.
 
Leeski

Leeski

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I’m tape all day long if it’s bad break or supporting any weight I cut 3” of a drinking straw cut along the side so straw open up and slide on to the branch then tape that up or if big thick branch do same as the straw but with garden hose
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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Herb & Suds said:
The only reason I switched to painters tape is writing on duct tape can wash/rub off
And space is at a premium in my rooms so I dropped the duct for painters tape
Works for splinting and marking plants and clones
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Using it for tags is brilliant. I've been trying to figure out what to use instead of buying more of the white plastic tags. I'm about to clone a bunch of plants for potential mothers, and need to number the clones as well as the corresponding mothers. Thanks!
 
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