Plant too heavy, branches falling over, pls help!

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

coreywebster said:
Yeah I see the branch, keep an eye on it. If it doesn't perk up in a few days its not going to. Then you can cut it off.
Will it cause some stress, yep, do you want dead buds in with you good stuff, nope. Lesser of two evils.

You sure your watering enough? I have seen it happen myself when I have screwed up. One day too late can make a plant limp and at this stage they don't get that rigidity back in the stems.

It's possible. I check on them a few times a day though and feel like it happened out of nowhere, one second it was fine and the next everything had fallen over. And the pix I posted was the aftermath of me clipping everything up, the plant was destroyed everything was falling over and a lot of the stems were just hanging by a string so I didn't think it would recover.

coreywebster · Sep 18, 2017

For me the point they start packing on weight so much they can decide to stop holding themselves up overnight is around week 7.
But those cloth pots can create a root mass so big its crazy which can lead to them taking up water really quick. Plus with lots of air movement they will dry out quicker than plastic pots.
Your in coco, at week 5, I don't see any harm in increasing watering amount or frequency to be sure your giving them enough and they don't go down to floppy town again. :bigjoint:

ANC · Sep 18, 2017

coreywebster said:
they will dry out quicker than plastic pots

This is good, as it means you get to feed the plants again.

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

coreywebster said:
For me the point they start packing on weight so much they can decide to stop holding themselves up overnight is around week 7.
But those cloth pots can create a root mass so big its crazy which can lead to them taking up water really quick. Plus with lots of air movement they will dry out quicker than plastic pots.
Your in coco, at week 5, I don't see any harm in increasing watering amount or frequency to be sure your giving them enough and they don't go down to floppy town again.

Thanks so much you've been a lot of help!

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

ANC said:
This is good, as it means you get to feed the plants again.

Thanks! I'll update tomorrow if they're worse.

whitebb2727 · Sep 18, 2017

Use more stakes and a bit of electric or plant tape in several spots on each limb.

Next run might not be a bad idea to use tomato cages and let the plant grow up through it.

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

whitebb2727 said:
Use more stakes and a bit of electric or plant tape in several spots on each limb.

Next run might not be a bad idea to use tomato cages and let the plant grow up through it.

I've actually really been looking into this! Have you used them before and how were uour results??

The only issue is i have a lot of plants and I usually hang them to dry upside down so that would be such a hassle getting them out. Id have to cut every single wire and pull them off without damaging the bud.

whitebb2727 · Sep 18, 2017

Snoopy36 said:
I've actually really been looking into this! Have you used them before and how were uour results??

The only issue is i have a lot of plants and I usually hang them to dry upside down so that would be such a hassle getting them out. Id have to cut every single wire and pull them off without damaging the bud.

It may be more work but its worth it.

I usually break my plants down when I hang them. I hang each limb separate.

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

whitebb2727 said:
It may be more work but its worth it.

I usually break my plants down when I hang them. I hang each limb separate.

My basement ceilings have drywall on them so i just hook a whole plant off the ceiling, I don't have enough room unfortunately to do that. I did that once before and they were all crammed together because i didn't have room. I tied twine from one bamboo inside a pot from one side of the room to the other and made a few of those and hung some from the wires on the lights. It was messy as hell lol

oswizzle · Sep 18, 2017

GG4 is well known for its horrible flimsy stems .. even OG kushes arent as annoying.. it gives u huge buds but some extereme floppy stems .. try garden wire

Tripping With Rocks · Sep 18, 2017

How the hell do you have such a great setup with healthy plants, but have no idea about such a basic issue?

whitebb2727 · Sep 18, 2017

Come on guys. No reason to give the op such a hard time.

I say having branches break because of weight is a good problem to have.

jarvild · Sep 18, 2017

Welcome to the world of GG. Have you tried the addition of silica? I still have to tie my cola to the ceiling but the side branches will almost bend to the floor but don't break.

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

Tripping With Rocks said:
How the hell do you have such a great setup with healthy plants, but have no idea about such a basic issue?

I'm one girl obviously I didn't do the setup myself. I paid a friend to help... he builds setups for many people.

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

jarvild said:
Welcome to the world of GG. Have you tried the addition of silica? I still have to tie my cola to the ceiling but the side branches will almost bend to the floor but don't break.

That might be the issue. This time around I grew only GG4s because the high is... like on another level! The other strands I grew were GDP and cookie which basically grow themselves... these GG4s are such bi**hes and always need so much attention! But they give me my fave high... as well as pineapple express but the clones are hard to get your hands on so I only had a couple of them... but they smoke beautifully.

Jypsy Dog · Sep 18, 2017

Snoopy36 said:
I'm one girl obviously I didn't do the setup myself. I paid a friend to help... he builds setups for many people.

Figures.... "I just put gas in it and drive." "I don't know how to open the hood."

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

Jypsy Dog said:
Figures.... "I just put gas in it and drive." "I don't know how to open the hood."

Sexist much? You're like an annoying ass fungus gnat I wanna spray your ass with SM-90. Byeeeee!

Indacouch · Sep 18, 2017

Snoopy36 said:
That's the thing I've grown way bigger plants and haven't had this issue. This one is already about 6-7ft tall and pretty wide in diameter. Tape won't do anything for the branches falling over in the middle. It'll only save the outside branches. No idea how to save it I may have lost it.

My GGS are doing the same thing ....I just use a piece of garden wire going from a stake to the branch ....pretty easy .....I mean super easy ....I mean suspiciously easy ....I mean are you trolling easy.

Snoopy36 · Sep 18, 2017

Indacouch said:
My GGS are doing the same thing ....I just use a piece of garden wire going from a stake to the branch ....pretty easy .....I mean super easy ....I mean suspiciously easy ....I mean are you trolling easy.

Why is it so hard to believe that I've never had this issue before and don't know how to go about fixing it? I used what I know... yoyos and stakes with clips.... did you know everything at first too? No... you used books, research, and forums for help. I'm here for the same reason you are. In fact I'm merely a lurker 95% of the time and barely post. So no I'm not trolling... was just trying to save my babies. So y'all can chill the hell out.

Jypsy Dog · Sep 18, 2017

Indacouch said:
My GGS are doing the same thing ....I just use a piece of garden wire going from a stake to the branch ....pretty easy .....I mean super easy ....I mean suspiciously easy ....I mean are you trolling easy.

The kind of chick that Moves after all the light bulbs burn out!!

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