Any remedies or just tie them to the ceiling?
Man I just freed up some space in the 5x5 and 2 seem to be unable to support the massive budd weight. Week 5 of flower.
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Silica can help strengthen plant structure. It won’t eliminate the problem, but it can help. Many people use bamboo stakes to tie the plant erect.
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Buy some 3 ft tall skewers or dowels to tie them to, and/or get plant yoyos to hold the buds up. Either will work.
I second the silica recommendation - I got a pair of clones as a gift that were so scrawny they could barely hold up their leaves. Now both of them have thick stems that require no additional support.
I also have a supply of 1/4" dowels 3’ long that give my girls support when they are top heavy I also use pipe cleaners to support.
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If you want to be lazy about it grow them into a net, prior to this i would tie them up. If your doing a good job they will fall over no matter what with big heavy bud. I like lazy so i built a frame and have 2 levels of net i tie in. They grow through net, now they cant fall.
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Nice man! They look good, if you had not done a good job you would not have this challenge, so its a good thing. Your next grow, if you grow them through a secured net “not elastic” then you can just chill. I like lazy lol.
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