Outdoor Plants and Wind?

Hey,
ive got a few plants outdoor plants on the go and am wondering if anyone else has problems with the wind? they have started growing pretty wide and the branches have been getting longer and lower and yesterday with the wind we had here it snapped 5 or 6 branches off, ive cable tied them on with a bit of tape around them. could i cable tie the hole plant up? just to support the branches a bit better before they drop any lower. i can see me loosing more next time it gets windy here unless i do something about it. any tips? cheers

Do whatever you got to do to support them. Do you have a bamboo stake or anything like that supporting the stalk? You can try tying the bigger branching to that.

I've had whole plants uprooted before their branches would break.
It all depends on the strain. Some are real flexible and rubbery that will bend with the wind and some are stiff and stout and just want to stay where they are. And all the combinations in between.
Bamboo is your friend. Those tomato cages work alright, but I build my own out of bamboo. But it sounds like you need a separate stake for each long branch - to stop it from whipping around in the wind and snapping.

PIPBoy2000 said:

I've had whole plants uprooted before their branches would break.
It all depends on the strain. Some are real flexible and rubbery that will bend with the wind and some are stiff and stout and just want to stay where they are. And all the combinations in between.
Bamboo is your friend. Those tomato cages work alright, but I build my own out of bamboo. But it sounds like you need a separate stake for each long branch - to stop it from whipping around in the wind and snapping.

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When it's too big for a couple bamboo shoots like you said...

Have a friend help. One wraps the plant in a sheet, the other tomato cages it with the XL ones.

You don't want to cage a plant too early, or obvious too late - so the sheet works mint.

Now that, is thinking outside the box.
I've always wanted to tuck my plant in under the covers.
I'm definitely building the bamboo cage first and doing the sheet thing so I don't have to sit there under the plant and build it. Although... I do like sitting under the plants.
The only problem is getting the friend to come with me.

PIPBoy2000 said:

Now that, is thinking outside the box.
I've always wanted to tuck my plant in under the covers.
I'm definitely building the bamboo cage first and doing the sheet thing so I don't have to sit there under the plant and build it. Although... I do like sitting under the plants.
The only problem is getting the friend to come with me.

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Right! Or one who isn't a dummy! (A friend.)

LOL. Tuck your plant in for a quick good night and a few minutes later shes wakes up adorning a nice lattice to support her forever!

My friend taught me that, credit goes to him.

If your plants not budding yet, it will strengthen itself up with time. The more exposed and windy areas will cause marijuana plants to develop much thicker stalks and stems. Did you just recently bring the plant from inside to the outdoors?

throw some soccer netting over them to hold and support the branches close together

The stems and stalks are huge, its week one into flower after 3+ months veg outdoor and its mostly my biggest plant its like the branches are getting to long and cant support the weight anymore, ive lost another 1 branch today after some pretty bad wind and more sagging lower, but yeah i would of thought being so big and all the wind its already been through it would have no problem, theyre nirvanas ak48s that are having a hard time. thanks for the replys

that must be some intense winds, I dont experience anything like that with my plants unless we get a hurricane. I see a lot of people reinforce plants stems by tying strings from the end of the branches to the main stalk for extra strength.

use netting or trellising and scrog that sucker

Twine and stakes are your best friend, first tie all your branches together individually. Then lightly wrap the entire plant starting from the bottom...like a Christmas tree.

Stake or tie to another tree on all 4 corners and you're done.

How harsh is the wind in your area? I've gorilla grow on the base of a close by mountain range and the winds have gotten up to 60 on bad days. And pretty much all mine had stocks as big as my arm cuz the wind helps build strength in the branches. But as mentioned before, sometimes it depend on the strain. I agree that bamboo is a highly flexible and stronge material to support them.

I ended up using bamboo sticks, i lost 5 or 6 big lower branches but since using the bamboo sticks everything seems alot better. cheers for the help


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