Plants fallen over under own weight

Morning all! Woke up today to see 2 of my plants on their side , fallen over. Pics below. I’m sure this has probably caused some stress and damage but all I can do is prop them back up with something. How can I avoid this happening !

Prop them up I use toothpicks
You can also go with it and start training them
What is your medium

mysunnyboy said:

Prop them up I use toothpicks
You can also go with it and start training them
What is your medium

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I think I’m going to prop them up as I have no clue what I’m doing with LST which is what I assume you mean?

my medium is soil. I honestly thought the stalks would have been strong enough by this point to hold its weight but clearly not!

Do you have a fan blowing on them? Nature strengthens plants with wind.
Inside, fans do it.
FF

The other one is worse.. my god. Lol so do all first time growers go through this stress?

FastFreddi said:

Do you have a fan blowing on them? Nature strengthens plants with wind.
Inside, fans do it.
FF

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got one already, 6 inch clip on fan blowing air around them. Might have to get another one.

I have two stand up fans and 3 tabletop oscillating fans going in my flower room lol you need lots of air movement. Myveg tent has 3 oscillating...make that air move, but dont hurricane them lol.
Good luck.
FF

Cillit_Bang said:

The other one is worse.. my god. Lol so do all first time growers go through this stress?

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Yes lol
I don’t see any perlite in your soil. What are you using?

Cillit_Bang said:

The other one is worse.. my god. Lol so do all first time growers go through this stress?

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New weed grower here (since December), never had a plant fall over like that.
Lots of other problems in soil (usually the roots rotting or failing to develop)
Switched to Coco coir + perlite, and now I can grow roots on my plants.

If a plant gets a bit stretched, I usually top up the growing medium to just below the lowest leaves.

Cillit_Bang said:

The other one is worse.. my god. Lol so do all first time growers go through this stress?

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The stress part, yeah pretty much.

As far as wind strengthening the plant, yes that is the case but you are hindering that process by having the medium below the top of the pot, which is killing your airflow (lay in a truck bed with the tailgate closed while the truck is moving, not much airflow, also the reason people that lower the tailgate thinking they are getting better gas mileage are morons)

Give it mouth-to-mouth.

mysunnyboy said:

Yes lol
I don’t see any perlite in your soil. What are you using?

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defo has perlite in the soil, must have been the previous pic!

so I scratched my head and decided to just go to McDonald’s and get a coffee - whilst in there they gave me a stirrer like a wooden stick - inspiration struck and I took 40 off them, came home and then used the sticks to reinforce the stems. I’ve also repositioned the fan so it’s blowing more onto the plants from above, so there is more air flow.

Powertech said:

The stress part, yeah pretty much.

As far as wind strengthening the plant, yes that is the case but you are hindering that process by having the medium below the top of the pot, which is killing your airflow (lay in a truck bed with the tailgate closed while the truck is moving, not much airflow, also the reason people that lower the tailgate thinking they are getting better gas mileage are morons)

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see it’s funny you should say that. Originally when I potted my seeds my medium, my soil, was at the top of the pot and I’d filled it with 12L which was the max it would hold. Over the last week the ground levels seem to just be skrinking, even after I’ve watered it. Its weird. It’s like soil is vanishing

I came into this thread expecting to see plants well into flower falling over. Not the case!

You have neglected to answer several requests about what medium you're using.

spek9 said:

I came into this thread expecting to see plants well into flower falling over. Not the case!

You have neglected to answer several requests about what medium you're using.

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sorry!!! Plant Magic Soil.

The soil is compacting due to not enough perlite for good drainage.
FF

FastFreddi said:

The soil is compacting due to not enough perlite for good drainage.
FF

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mmm not much I can do about that now, this first grow was always going to be a steep learning curve.

I use shishkabob skewer sticks and twist ties. Once the stalk is thick enough it will stay up on its own. Once it’s bigger you may need actual stakes I use bamboo stakes for bigger plants.

Absolutely...we all started where you are...the learning curve NEVER ends lol.
Good luck and have fun.
FF

If you are ever so careful, and gentle....you can rinse soil away from roots, and repot in the amended soil. Shoot for at least 30% perlite to soil.
FF