Ok so I topped my plant a week ago and she was doing great and this morning I wanted to start bending the two main branches and I sneezed and… broke one of them
I’m guessing there’s nothing I can do short of trying to make it grow on its own maybe, and try to continue my mainlining on the other branch?
I’m so mad at myself, she was going so strong and now… my timing is super short and I’ve lost probably a week and half my harvesting power?
Any help and encouragement welcome!!
I actually wanted to write this in English. But I’m really reaching my limits…
Did you just find it like that or was it already there overnight?
If it just happened to you, you can try to mend the branch. Briefly clean the break point with clear water. Press the break point of the branch against the break point on the stem and try to fix it somehow. (Painter’s or paper tape always worked for me) With luck, it will grow back.
But that will take at least 1-2 weeks, and it will never be as flexible again afterwards and most likely won’t “yield” as much as desired.
Thanks, I’ll try growing the cutting just in case. But I have to focus on the remaining branch now. How would you advise I proceed to keep mainlining and get as many colas as I can while balancing the plant/weight since it’s lopsided now?
First, give her time to recover and see what you can do with what then grows.
She will now send all her energy to this branch, so you should see progress in a week.
Then we can check again if and how we can continue working on it.
Now, don’t overwater, she only has half her foliage left. This can quickly become overwatered too.
For example, but that would be a bit more time-consuming (because many wounds would form, all of which need at least a week to heal), you could then top multiple times to get multiple colas again.
Thanks @KilliczGe !
I had just watered her so will hold off a bit now to see what happens. A shame I’m leaving for 10 days in a few days, my friend who’ll come by and check won’t be able to help if it goes south. I already can’t wait to be back
I don’t have a choice but to work with that plant, I can’t afford to start again in a couple of weeks, I need to harvest by last week of June max
I’ll keep you posted
Just treat the one left as the main stem, as if you never topped it, and go from there. You set yourself back like a week but worse things have happened lol
Of course!
I think I’ll make it grow vertical with a stake but in a week, for now I’ll leave it alone.
I’ll also top it a bit later, as if it were one trunk from the start. I might even tape the main stem and that first branch together straight vertical later on, what do you think?
So I put the broken branch/stem in water with some cinnamon, how long should it stay there, should I put it in soil, should I cover it with a ziploc bag to keep humidity in, etc. ?
@hoochie34 I gotta be honest with you, the Mainlining training, SCROG, those techniques take too long to VEG and makes the whole cycle 5+ months instead of the usual 4 without training or I highly recommend checking out the “Schwazing” technique aka “Three A Light” meaning three pounds per single light which was a book like 20 years ago that was selling for $500 and I bought one after someone recommended it and I’m glad I did. This technique will give you the highest yield in the shortest amount of time and it’s pretty fascinating to watch your plants take shape of an upside-down umbrella with a flat top and all of the side branches are on the same height thus creating a flat top for best light penetration and coverage, and doing 3 full defoliations which also drastically help with light penetration and when it’s time to trim after drying, there won’t be much to trim making your trimming process significantly faster.
Here’s a link to a few 5 minutes videos showing step-by-step process which makes it very easy to follow and duplicate. The only difference is in the videos they’re showing only 2 defoliations. First one at day zero bloom (the day you’re flipping it to bloom or day after), 2nd defoliation is between days 21 and 23, but I also do a 3rd defoliation between days 40 and 45 but there won’t be many leaves left and it’ll take you 5 minutes to do. When I did side-by-side tests with 2 and 3 defoliations, the plant with 3 defoliations delivered better results and was faster to trim. A win-win in my book
Ironically, when I was buying grow lights from BlackDogLED when they first came out and I was talking to the owner and he was telling about the Growing How To videos he was recording at that time and started telling me about the process, long story short we realized we bought the same book and were using the same technique except I do 3 defoliations and he does 2. When the videos were finally posted I watched them and it was nice to see someone else using this technique and speaking so highly of it. I tried every training technique you can think of and this one is hands down the best in every way. The only way to know is to try it and see for yourself.
FYI… I have no affiliation with that company and I’m not trying to advertise anything and I am not getting any kind of compensation before sharing these videos. Simply sharing something then really works and works very well. I hope this helps
Here are some pics of it in action. I hope this helps
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with a flat top and all of the side branches are on the same height thus creating a flat top for best light penetration and coverage, and doing 3 full defoliations which also drastically help with light penetration and when it’s time to trim after drying, there won’t be much to trim making your trimming process significantly faster.
gardener I can tell ya’
