This poor girl has a badly broken stem. More than half of the stem’s support fibers are snapped. I rinsed the dirt out of the wound and wrapped the stem snugly with hemp twine to keep the wound closed then tied it to a support rod.
QUESTION: How long will it take for this girl to mend? I don’t want to remove the twine too soon and risk reinjury nor wait so long that it cuts her circulation.
Im thinking 4/5 days to a week. She should “knuckle up”.
Thank you. So two weeks is longer than necessary but isn’t long enough to choke the stem?
I personally tape them. I have broken several over the years. Worst was a full squash from big lights falling. Is it auto or photo? Have a full picture of plant?
She’s a photoperiod. I wrapped with natural twine to allow some breathability and so it can get wet without unraveling. Tape may be better but I don’t know.
The plants have long leafless lower stems because I remove several sets of lower nodes as plants grow. I’m experimenting.
She’s the one circled in red. Photo was taken before her fall.
I personally use electrical tape because it stretches and I can leave it on the entire grow and not have to remember when to take it off.
Does the tape stay on even if it gets wet? These are indoor/outdoor plants which will be transitioned to completely outdoor in two to four weeks.
These plants were six weeks old from seed yesterday and are 10cm taller than they look because that much of their stems were buried when I transplanted them into their current pots.
Yes, but you have to tape the tape to the tape when it’s dry .
✓ You can say that again. 
PS - Can you tell I’m stoned right now?
I figured maybe you used weatherproof liquid tape to seal the end.
No, electrical tape is impossible to separate… trust me, it’s on for life
If u put honey on the wound it will heal faster i would say five days with honey and 10days with out i guess
You are golden. If it starts to die then remove it and veg veg veg. I can get dizzy and clumsy. I have broken more than my share.
She isn’t showing any stress at all and is very perky. I’m expecting her growth to slow while she heals though.
I’ll remember that for my next accident.
I just had to fix a branch it split down the middle because of the buds are getting to heavy
Waited a little late for supports? I’ve done that too. I’ve had stems and branches split and I just tied them together snuggly.
I thought his break would be more traumatic for the plant due to the many broken fibers but so far it hasn’t phased her noticeably. I hope she continues to do well.
Nice. If will not make it you will know fairly quick perky is good….
It should be fine
She’s still perky this morning and grew approximately 1-2cm overnight.
