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Too much LST

Peppersmr

Peppersmr

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I was wondering what the capabilities of a plant are to recuperate from a mishap. I've recently started LST and mind you this is my first time and I have two plants. Yesterday I discovered that one of them had snapped near the base due to my overly aggressive LST techniques. About half the plant was snapped leaving the other half intact and I taped it as a temporary fix to keep it together. Should the plant heal itself?
 
The plant will heal itself, there are some kind of creams that one can rub in. But I've had a plant split right down the middle, taped it together and tied it with string and the plant never slowed down growing.
 
Yes the plant will heal itself and make sure you take off the take after it does. Here is some lst that got too rough.
 

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Yup it will bounce back. I split my main stem in 2 vertically on one of my biggest plants on my current grow. It is already the largest producer of all 3. Just put in some TLC and keeps germs out of the wound.

After doing much research I have come to find the best thing to add to the wound before bandaging closed is Cloning Gel.It will greatly help the plant recover. For future reference.
 
After reading more about it, it actually makes perfect sense. The cloning gel is made of hormones that are specifically tailored to the plant for cell generation.

With an injury we are trying to generate cell growth for repair instead of root promotion but its the same process and hormones.
 
I did the very same thing AGAIN today on a bushy indica...
I wired her to her opposing branch opposite side and then Gorilla taped the junction ( immediately). I really hate the sound and I know I am being gentle.
Don't dispair-repair!
 
Nice to know about the cloning gel wish I knew about it my last grow had to keep the tape on the one I split in the middle. It was pretty bad and really thought I was going to lose some main colas. Tape for the last month of flower was nerve racking.
 
Oh good so it should heal just fine! How closely related is a mishap with lst and supercropping? Obviously supercrop is intentional whereas my mistake wasn't but could it have similar effects?
 
Yeah luckily panic mode for me meant grabbing the closest roll of tape and patching her up, which wasn't the greatest solution but seemed to work until it heals. I'm 3 weeks (possibly) away from flower so hopefully she's ready to go by then!
 
I notice something familiar in the background of your photo there. It looks like a smart pot just leads me to another question, aside from the handles of the pot what are some other things you've used to anchor the plant down to?
 
Plant ties, wire, clothes pens, washers, nuts, bolts, screws, safety pens, string, rope, tomato cages, bamboo sticks, fishing weights, drum set hardware, fan leafs, the plant itself, and any random things that look right for the job. The trick for what you use is slow and steady, adding force or too much weight too fast causes brakes but it happens to all of us that train plants.
;)
 
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