I knocked one of my babies over.

Hi guys,

I was moving the my 41/2 week old babies inside last night (big storm up here) and in my rush (and half baked state) I knocked over one of them and had to re-pot it, It got a kink in the stem about 1/3rd up the plant and kept falling over.

I tied it up with a bit of support and re potted and watered it, its been roughly12 hours and its still green and not drooping at all, in fact its leaves are still turned up towards the light.

Do you think after 12 hours and no signs of distress its gonna be ok?

I think (and hope) you're in for a pleasant surprise. By inadvertently breaking the stem, the stem will most likely heal itself with a big knot where it was broken. This will allow for more efficient water/nutrient intake. In fact, some growers twist and crack their stems on purpose in order to achieve this. I've never had the cahones to purposefully break a stem but since you've done it accidentally - i think you might be in for a reward. At least I hope that is how it turns out.

Excellent, Ill keep an eye on it and update.

its gonna die might as well throw it away now. ha ha j/k itll be fine if it is at the natural angle it used to be.

yeah its propped up with wire as close to its regular postion as possible, its still going strong but the kink has gone dark green.

miggzeh said:

yeah its propped up with wire as close to its regular postion as possible, its still going strong but the kink has gone dark green.

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Like a bruise -

The kink will swell slightly, and grow into a strong knuckle. Don't worry about the colour changing, it will be fine.

You could even have left it bent over at a right-angle, and the tip and branches would all have turned up towards the light. You can even do this deliberately (gently squeeze and rub the stem) to let light reach the middle of your plant.

email468 said:

I think (and hope) you're in for a pleasant surprise. By inadvertently breaking the stem, the stem will most likely heal itself with a big knot where it was broken. This will allow for more efficient water/nutrient intake. In fact, some growers twist and crack their stems on purpose in order to achieve this. I've never had the cahones to purposefully break a stem but since you've done it accidentally - i think you might be in for a reward. At least I hope that is how it turns out.

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I seen this in hightimes (bo #29 2001) . They call it supercropping where they literally twist and bend the plants so hard the weaker parts fall off. Supposed to make good for some primo bud.