SNApped Auto Flower Branch - What to do?

I snapped one of the branches of the sour diesel right at the node was not able to attach it back on. Just Not enough play on the plant portion to tape it together.

What do I do in this situation?

Will the plant recover or die?

I was doing my last round of LST on it and I pushed too much on it and snap...it’s an auto flower sour diesel FYI...

Please help!!!

Use the top for a clone is what I'd do if it snapped completely off. As long as there are still branches and nodes on the rest of the plant it will grow just fine and what's left will grow faster to compensate for the loss.

I recently snapped the main stem of one of my plants while bending it over onto a screen and only about 1/4 of stem was still attached so I got a fat coloured tongue depressor type stick and splinted it with masking tape and it's growing fine with no sign of impairment 10 days later.

Good luck!

OldMedUser said:

Use the top for a clone is what I'd do if it snapped completely off. As long as there are still branches and nodes on the rest of the plant it will grow just fine and what's left will grow faster to compensate for the loss.

I recently snapped the main stem of one of my plants while bending it over onto a screen and only about 1/4 of stem was still attached so I got a fat coloured tongue depressor type stick and splinted it with masking tape and it's growing fine with no sign of impairment 10 days later.

Good luck!

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Thanks much...I actually got rid of it. I initially placed it in the same pot but then decided Its an auto and I know they say its hard to clone autos and be successful. I also have 6 other plants I am tending to and just didnt want to have another issue to have to deal with. My main concern was hoping the plant will recover and not be even more stunted. I took off all of the LST wires and am just going to let it run its course now. 2 hours later it looks as the other side branch is shooting upwards thinking its the top now so I guess thats a good sign. the two tops I have coming in from topping are growing really slow and Im trying to figure out why. I do pull the leaves back to get light to it but they just doesnt seem to grow as fast as the other branches. I just feel I should just leave it be and let it grow.

I always keep masking tape handy when I'm doing Lst.. As long as it's still partially attached it will heal... If the break is clean do what Old Med User said...

Yea

HydoDan said:

I always keep masking tape handy when I'm doing Lst.. As long as it's still partially attached it will heal... If the break is clean do what Old Med User said...

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a clean break right at the node. I did initially put it in the soil but just didnt want to deal with more plants (i probably made a mistake doing that but oh well). its also an auto so I didnt want to deal with the possible issues with cloning an auto.

Also a new grower so dealing with unknowns right now is not what I want to put to chance. I am trying to keep it as simple as possible for this first grow. 6 plants tho may not be simple lol but since I have made some mistakes I felt that the more I had going the more chances of me actually having some of them go all the way to harvest and get something out of the work I am putting into this.

I am regretting maybe flushing the branch but hey I live and learn. Now if it was a photo plant, I think my mentality would have had me keeping it as instructed and letting it grow since I determine when it will flower.

Tape works fine for the repair. Also, toothpicks, dental floss and a drop of super glue gel allow you to bridg the gap if you happen to break right between buds. If done soon after injury, they hardly miss a beat.

RayRay747 said:

I do pull the leaves back to get light to it but they just doesnt seem to grow as fast as the other branches. I just feel I should just leave it be and let it grow.

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The big leaves have more surface area than the buds and can make more food for the plant to grow with so tucking them out of the light defeats their purpose. It's another one of those grower myths that many hold on to like it was gospel. I leave all healthy leaves on the plant for another purpose too. Should some illness, deficiency or even lack of water hit your plants it will drop leaves to preserve the buds and if you have less leaves as in the case of these rabid defoliators it will lose leaves that it needs and you end up with less yield.

Mother nature knows best and it's not growing all those leaves for nothing.

Good luck and good growing!

Aksala49 said:

Tape works fine for the repair. Also, toothpicks, dental floss and a drop of super glue gel allow you to bridg the gap if you happen to break right between buds. If done soon after injury, they hardly miss a beat.

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Thanks much. Definitely will use this technique in the future when needed. Only reason i didn’t really try any major surgery was because it’s an auto and the possible stress I’d cause on the remaining good parts of the plant trying to perform the surgery. The internodes are very tight on this plant so working on that inner part would have been tough. Just hoping the plant as a whole will pull through and not be hindered by losing a nice branch../

OldMedUser said:

The big leaves have more surface area than the buds and can make more food for the plant to grow with so tucking them out of the light defeats their purpose. It's another one of those grower myths that many hold on to like it was gospel. I leave all healthy leaves on the plant for another purpose too. Should some illness, deficiency or even lack of water hit your plants it will drop leaves to preserve the buds and if you have less leaves as in the case of these rabid defoliators it will lose leaves that it needs and you end up with less yield.

Mother nature knows best and it's not growing all those leaves for nothing.

Good luck and good growing!

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Appreciate that. I should have rephrased and state that i ponytail the leaves temporarily (3-4 hours max) to get some light to the middle 2 true tops. Only for this plant as the side branch (opposite the one that broke off)has now decided it wants to take all of the auxins and be the main cola. So I’m trying to LST that branch but the leaves are big and they are hovering over the true 2 main tops (I topped this sour diesel and ended up with 2 tops. But since I broke that side branch off the opposite side branch of that one has now taken over as the main top. The 2 true main tops are growing but slowly so i wanted to provide more light to them that is why I’m pulling back the fan leaves on that side branch to let the other 2 true tops catch up. This might then give me 3 main tops which would be great if all 3 turn out nicely sized.

My 2 dark devils have 3 tops now from the FIM I did on them. Hoping they grow decently now and provide a nice yield.

My triangle vs Alien is kind of stunted and just not sure what to think of that one. We will see...

Lol hope that makes sense. Thx again for the suggestions and guidance.

take the loss and move on. It happens. Dont try and clone it... its a waste of time especially if it already in flower. Autos have a set life span so once they pop the clock starts ticking and thats that.

Hopefully its far enough along to dry it out and at least get something from it. Good luck and keep it growin!

RayRay747 said:

I snapped one of the branches of the sour diesel right at the node was not able to attach it back on. Just Not enough play on the plant portion to tape it together.

What do I do in this situation?

Will the plant recover or die?

I was doing my last round of LST on it and I pushed too much on it and snap...it’s an auto flower sour diesel FYI...

Please help!!!

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hey for next time

if u can not get a clean graft back on to the plant with it ......take a clean blade and take it off completely ......then take some honey and coat the cut on the plant with it (seals up the cell walls acts a temp skin untill it can heal and protect self)

cloning on autos is not possible that i know off .......if the plant has any crystal showing save and blow it or cannabutter it

i am not sure what u did to make it snap but weight of the bud /weak thin branching .....can be a issue (the growth part was not feed well enough compared to the flowering so the plants own buds can bend and snap branches in the later stage of flowering) ...............mason line u can tie the branch off to the main stalk (it might work to the end but it buys u some time to get in a better support system for the finishing of this round)