Lion-O
Active Member
Didn't get photo yet, as this happened this morning. The tree is maybe 4 ft tall in 5 gallon hydro bucket. I generally adjust/water them an hour or two before lights off in the morning (I have two in flower now). The larger one in its own 4x4x6.5' tent was partially fallen over this morning. Damnit!
As I was pulling it up, branches were breaking left and right, before I knew it, the damn thing looked like this:
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Yup, big split in the middle, branches all spread out mostly flat with a couple upright. Damnit! I grabbed yoyo's I already ordered off Amazon (yeah, shoulda had it up with them already, but it looked OK and I haven't been growing long), and a bunch of green rubber wrapped plant ties, with duct tape. When I got done my friggen arms were all sticky from the resin.
The big split in the center was so strong and branches kept snapping so much that I was about to just chuck the whole friggen thing when I remembered that nutrients should continue to travel through the branch as long as it's not completely severed. So I continued on, and just did the best I could without causing more damage.
So now the yoyo's are up, tape is on, along with supporting plant ties. I generally lift the buckets just a tad and slide them back so I can look at the roots, and add/test water/nutrients. I also slip in a small frozen water bottle each day, swapping for a new one from the freezer. I DO use silica for the stems (and hydro guard for the roots), but maybe I wasn't using enough. I have two small fans attached to the poles in tent blowing indirectly all the time for some movement/cooling.
I was GOING to use a scrog net I made, but things happened and I didn't get a chance to get it in there in time. I assume that method would add support to the buds and avoid a lot of these issues. I'm wondering what else can be done in hydro buckets to provide preventative support or more strength to avoid this issue in the future. Perhaps it's just as simple as using more of the Pro-Tekt nutrient than I have been? Maybe a bunch of more air flow to strengthen stems as well? Also I assume perhaps I let it get too big! I originally planned on bringing the other plant (diff. strain) from a nearby tent growing on LED over to this tent to take advantage of the 1000 watts of HPS lighting instead, but this plant got too big and there's no room for another in there.
I'm guessing that my constant sliding of the bucket didn't do much damage as it's lifting the whole plant at once. The current setup and the plant 5 weeks into flower makes it so I can't really adjust my method of watering and the like at this point.
This is just a friggen shame as the plant was doing so well in my first hydro grow. I'll try to get a pic or two once lights go on tonight or tomorrow morning.
As I was pulling it up, branches were breaking left and right, before I knew it, the damn thing looked like this:
__\__/__
Yup, big split in the middle, branches all spread out mostly flat with a couple upright. Damnit! I grabbed yoyo's I already ordered off Amazon (yeah, shoulda had it up with them already, but it looked OK and I haven't been growing long), and a bunch of green rubber wrapped plant ties, with duct tape. When I got done my friggen arms were all sticky from the resin.
The big split in the center was so strong and branches kept snapping so much that I was about to just chuck the whole friggen thing when I remembered that nutrients should continue to travel through the branch as long as it's not completely severed. So I continued on, and just did the best I could without causing more damage.
So now the yoyo's are up, tape is on, along with supporting plant ties. I generally lift the buckets just a tad and slide them back so I can look at the roots, and add/test water/nutrients. I also slip in a small frozen water bottle each day, swapping for a new one from the freezer. I DO use silica for the stems (and hydro guard for the roots), but maybe I wasn't using enough. I have two small fans attached to the poles in tent blowing indirectly all the time for some movement/cooling.
I was GOING to use a scrog net I made, but things happened and I didn't get a chance to get it in there in time. I assume that method would add support to the buds and avoid a lot of these issues. I'm wondering what else can be done in hydro buckets to provide preventative support or more strength to avoid this issue in the future. Perhaps it's just as simple as using more of the Pro-Tekt nutrient than I have been? Maybe a bunch of more air flow to strengthen stems as well? Also I assume perhaps I let it get too big! I originally planned on bringing the other plant (diff. strain) from a nearby tent growing on LED over to this tent to take advantage of the 1000 watts of HPS lighting instead, but this plant got too big and there's no room for another in there.
I'm guessing that my constant sliding of the bucket didn't do much damage as it's lifting the whole plant at once. The current setup and the plant 5 weeks into flower makes it so I can't really adjust my method of watering and the like at this point.
This is just a friggen shame as the plant was doing so well in my first hydro grow. I'll try to get a pic or two once lights go on tonight or tomorrow morning.