broken stem while doing lst, urgent, my female plant is dying during flowering =(

So, guys, I was doing some lst on my plants, but one of them had string around the stem, the plant kept growing (i didnt noticed the string) and became very weak on that part, so when I was going to do some lst it easily broke (not ripped apart, but broke like 90 degres), and 5 minutes the leaves started to change.. I couldnt remove the string because I was really afraid of rippin the main stem off.. So I put some rubber around it (so it can still expand) and put some tape on top of that (so it doesnt lose much water)


plant 5 minutes after the main stem broke:

then shit just keep getting worst =(



this morning:




She will make it? she still have 1 healthy branch that was below from where it broke

It might come around. Once your stems become woody you've gotta be careful with lst. It's best to start when the stems are nice and bendy still.

thanks for the reply, she was so healthy, then my friend said "are you not gonna to lst" and I was like, "yah, maybe" im not blaming him, the thing is like you said she was too woody and have that weak part.. I guess what I must do is just leave her alone?

some lst I did on the other

All you can do is see if it heals. Nice it some time and love.

she looks really bad, some leaves are starting to rot and die, and pistils are getting brown

Spray it with the hose or a spray bottle of ph'd water for a few days...g/l

up with new pics:




I noticed some new leaves sprouting!

Walter9999 said:

Spray it with the hose or a spray bottle of ph'd water for a few days...g/l

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I have done that, but shit was getting to moisty,I gave her some water on the roofs, now I have to travel for kinda work for 3 days..

may I give her some flowering fert?

Spray the leaves and NO NUTES for the time being...she needs recovery time...g/l

Based on your pic, youre growing outside? I dont think lst was a great idea.. i dont grow outside but from what ive seen you dont need to train since the sun is strong enough to penetrate through the plant.. training is really useful for indoor grow to maximize the light on the buds sites.. crossing finger that she will recover.. but this happening during flower.. even if she recover and dont hermie on you.. i dont think she will yield that good.. good luck!

You are going to break off branches growing weed, if not today, tomorrow.
Try and tape em back on, when it works, great, when it doesn't, move on.

I did the training to break the apical dominance, I think she is going to recover, she aborted some leaves and are sprouting some new leaves, this plant is awesome

I will now travel for 3 days for wrk related stuff, and after that we will see whats going to happen, I will post some pictures so people with the same problem as me could see, broken stems is a common mistake but I found not so many pics of plants recovering from It, If mine makes out of it I Will let i guys know

wizardry said:

So, guys, I was doing some lst on my plants, but one of them had string around the stem, the plant kept growing (i didnt noticed the string) and became very weak on that part, so when I was going to do some lst it easily broke (not ripped apart, but broke like 90 degres), and 5 minutes the leaves started to change.. I couldnt remove the string because I was really afraid of rippin the main stem off.. So I put some rubber around it (so it can still expand) and put some tape on top of that (so it doesnt lose much water)

plant 5 minutes after the main stem broke:

then shit just keep getting worst =(



this morning:




She will make it? she still have 1 healthy branch that was below from where it broke

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The twine is 'girdling' your plant. You NEED to get it off or it WILL die.

Im back from my trip, lets find out what happened, i Will update tomorrow

the stems or branches hardenn during flower lst is for veg my friend

Thanks for the info
My Idea was also to low them so its harder to be seen, but i did it too late, another reason, they growed too big and flowered too early

I think a huge ass sativa could trigger some chopper or airplane, with lst I can hide it

wizardry said:

Thanks for the info
My Idea was also to low them so its harder to be seen, but i did it too late, another reason, they growed too big and flowered too early

I think a huge ass sativa could trigger some chopper or airplane, with lst I can hide it

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Snake it on the ground, as long as animals arent' an issue. Use like little hoops when it vegges

GBAUTO said:

The twine is 'girdling' your plant. You NEED to get it off or it WILL die.

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thanks for the reply, I didnt had the tools to remove the twine, but today I picked a smal scissor, and with a little work I could remove it, but things are not looking good for her, shen spend 3 days dehydrating in the sun.. =/ now im puting water in the leaves and stuff