Adding a bamboo cane in middle flowering for support

lowblower

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #1

Hi there i was just wondering if its a good or (REALLY) bad idea to hammer a bamboo cane into my pot. My girl is gettin heavy plus shes been leaning towards the light so she is close to falling over and shes only half way through flowering. I cant move her because there are two other plants in a close space. Shes in a 3 gal smart pot and im thinking of hammering a bamboo cane into it, will the root system be too damaged from this? Thanks if anyone has had this experience before and can give me practical advice

 

chrishydro

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #2

I always use the bamboo at the end, dont know what you mean by hammer through the pot but bottom line shove it in the dirt you will be fine.

 

scroglodyte

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #3

i stick to the edges of pot so as not to skewer tap root

 

batf1nk

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #4

Yeah, a friend stabbed loads of stakes in mid flower and he was sure it caused the plant to herm. I cant validate that, just something to think about. I also stake at the edge of the pot but do it as I put them in flower.

 

deejay123

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #5

Im gonna have to stake them soon but im gonna do it about 5 inches away from main stalk and insert the bamboo nice and slow and as if i was lighting a fire rolling it back and forth in my palms. I should imagine thats the least way to damage any roots? I maybe wrong

 

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bigsteve

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #6

Needing to stake heavy flowering plants is a given here. Bobblehead colas are a good sign they are getting a lot of water.

Also, sticking a bamboo skewer into the root ball is a good idea. It's called aerating the roots and what you do is push the skewer
into the root ball a dozen times or so. This allows more oxygen to get to the roots. NOTE -- aerating the roots is a great first step
in dealing with over-watered plants. I don't generally aerate clones.

BigSteve.

 

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imchucky666

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• Oct 19, 2012

• #7

bigsteve said:

Needing to stake heavy flowering plants is a given here. Bobblehead colas are a good sign they are getting a lot of water.

Also, sticking a bamboo skewer into the root ball is a good idea. It's called aerating the roots and what you do is push the skewer
into the root ball a dozen times or so. This allows more oxygen to get to the roots. NOTE -- aerating the roots is a great first step
in dealing with over-watered plants. I don't generally aerate clones.

BigSteve.

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Good suggestion.......
I've done that several times already, both from the top, and also through the holes I drilled in the side of my pot
Thanks