I split a main stalk.

[Neal Pritchard]

I split the main stalk while adjusting my tops under some netting today and am wondering how bad this is for the plant. What can I do to minimized negative effects? Will it survive or should I free the space up for healthier plants?

 

[RosterMan]

Pull it back together nice and tight so that the stems seal against one another while wrapping some electrical tape around the broken stem area, in 2 weeks or so it will be heal and you can even take tape off

 

[SubmarineGirl]

I split the main stalk while adjusting my tops under some netting today and am wondering how bad this is for the plant. What can I do to minimized negative effects? Will it survive or should I free the space up for healthier plants?

Yes, like roster said. put a bandaid on it.
you got a good brace around it now. Even leaving it as is, it will do ok imo. Just keep the tension off that area while it heals.

 

[boo]

Exactly, electric tape has stretch and will draw both stalks together…the break will be stronger after it heals than before the damage was done… i’ve got a pair of side cutters I keep near my plants and I put tape around the jaws so I can crush the stocks and increase the amount of nutrients that pass through them.

 

[pute]

I use Teflon tape.

 

[ilv911]

It stressed your plant for sure but a split in that spot is easy to heal . Even if you don't put them together again they will just go through this like 2 separate stalks. Ofc put them back together like they told ya above, it's better option

 

[user 60570]

Black gorilla tape and we usually swab on some cloning gel or powder before putting on the tape

sorta like the Ritz

 

[Neal Pritchard]

It stressed your plant for sure but a split in that spot is easy to heal . Even if you don't put them together again they will just go through this like 2 separate stalks. Ofc put them back together like they told ya above, it's better option

I pressed them back together and wrapped with stretchy silicone tape.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

That should do it

 

[greenphene]

I split the main stalk while adjusting my tops under some netting today and am wondering how bad this is for the plant. What can I do to minimized negative effects? Will it survive or should I free the space up for healthier plants?

Some plants like it rough if it didn’t break all the way it’s just going to heal and a knot will Form where it broke it’s going to be ok don’t ditch old gal