# Support during flowering **URL:** \ **Category:** Indoor Growing\ **Created:** [October 22, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656 "2020-10-22T19:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwoAtATime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@TwoAtATime](https://ilgmforum.com/u/TwoAtATime)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/1 "2020-10-22T19:40:01Z")
Hi all, first time grower here. I am growing a Blue Dream and Bubblegum. The Bubblegum is in its 6th week of flowering. It is producing a lot of bud (which is great) but the stems are becoming too weak to support all of it. I obviously should have planned for this earlier on, part of my learning curve I guess! So I started with pipe cleaners, which I didn’t love. Now I am using yoyos, but I already have 6 or 7 up for one plant and would need double that to support it all. That’s too many. I need another system that I can implement easily at this point during the grow. Any advice? ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Piff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/good_piff/32/660568_2.png) [@Good\_Piff](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Good_Piff)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/2 "2020-10-22T19:40:30Z")
Plant stakes ---
**Author:** ![TwoAtATime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@TwoAtATime](https://ilgmforum.com/u/TwoAtATime)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/3 "2020-10-22T19:45:06Z")
Hey, thanks. Thought of that but where on the stem would I attach it? Don’t want to interfere with the bud. Using what to tie together. Plant clips? twist tie? ---
**Author:** ![Dave101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dave101/32/398878_2.png) [@Dave101](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Dave101)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/4 "2020-10-22T19:53:22Z")
You can do the stakes like mentioned above, and run string/rope from one to the other. This way the heavy branches will be supported by the rope. Like this, the red being the rope/string. Just run across to support any falling branches ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/1/7/f/17ff5f58c4cdd19cae241d98358935f4235e9994.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TwoAtATime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@TwoAtATime](https://ilgmforum.com/u/TwoAtATime)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/5 "2020-10-23T01:50:11Z")
Ahh, thanks @Dave101. That’s smart. Sort of creating a homemade tomato cage. I’m going to rig one up tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Mark0427](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/mark0427/32/598165_2.png) [@Mark0427](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Mark0427)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/6 "2020-10-30T15:16:04Z")
U ca also put one or 2 by the middle and just tie small rope around a branch and tie it to the steaks but the 4 post way is better for sure. Just use twine as a kinda scrog deal ---
**Author:** ![Wyldepurplewizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Wyldepurplewizard](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Wyldepurplewizard)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/7 "2021-09-09T17:49:04Z")
Thanks! I think this is what I need to do. Holy cow! How big is that planter? Is that 8 gallons? Where do you buy the stakes at? ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/8 "2021-09-09T17:51:11Z")
A silica product can help stiffen up plant structure. I hold my heavy buds up with yoyos. [https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Retractable-Stopper-Support-Hydroponics/dp/B08NT2DMZJ](https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Retractable-Stopper-Support-Hydroponics/dp/B08NT2DMZJ?tag=ilovegrowingm-20) ---
**Author:** ![Dave101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dave101/32/398878_2.png) [@Dave101](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Dave101)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/9 "2021-09-10T02:03:27Z")
@Wyldepurplewizard That’s just a random picture from the internet. I get the bamboo stakes from my local garden center. ---
**Author:** ![Wyldepurplewizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Wyldepurplewizard](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Wyldepurplewizard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/support-during-flowering/56656/10 "2021-09-14T18:45:52Z")
I just purchased some yo yos but I don’t know how to attach them to my grow tent (I posted the question) and secondly when should I attach the yo yos? (Also posted in original post)