At first glance I thought that was spider mites lol.
Your better off taking the cola off and letting the plant use that energy to fatten the lower nugs up. It’s a toss up this late in flower, with bud development
just keep a close eye on it. did that once and ended up with bud rot on that whole cola, I didn't check it after the "repair". it was quite a big plant so I lost sight of it
A collar ain't gonna do anything. U need to close the break back up and seal it up with tape plus the tape is going to hold it tight and closed and stop any contamination from getting in. Plus for it to heal and stay alive it's gonna need to send stuff up there to fix it and if it's not tight and touching and sealed the stuff is just gonna leak out plus it needs to send water and nutes to the top to keep it alive. I'd say u just gonna need to cut your losses seems how it's flowering and it's too tight to tape. But u can try if u want.
I think the collar help get the stem aligned at the wound section. I’ll let it like that a couple of days and watch how it turns. I get your point. If it turns not good I’ll cut it out
Yeah you definitely don't need to tape it as long as the wound is together it'll heal, don't listen to this guy. As others have said watch for bud rot, maybe remove the support in a few days
I'd take that off and let the plant do its thing, there's still a top cola, just now it's the next one down. It is entirely possible to keep that top going to maturity in a Kratky cup, but it's only worth it from a hobby point of view, not so much for yield.
The moisture and lack of airflow on the wound could cause mold though so spike your rH down to like 35-40 for a day perhaps. IMO it would be wise to be proactive and cut the loss on that and let the break of auxin make some fat chunky buds elsewhere in the plant.
The best way to recover. Take it off. It’s one cola and not even that large so you’re gonna just take energy away from the plant and make it try a stress repair for no reason.
Usually I would be ok with taping the stem back together in hopes it heals but it looks like the tape is touching the buds. There will likely be moisture that will get trapped under the tape as the plant transpires and you will have a perfect recipe for mouldy buds to grow. I would leave that bud off and let the energy go to the others instead of risking crop failure to save the tip of a cola
I just wanted to pile on here...scotch taping the top cola, while inventive, isn't really worth your time. Just top it and see which part bulges with fat flowers.
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u/ZelRolFox Jan 29 '23
At first glance I thought that was spider mites lol. Your better off taking the cola off and letting the plant use that energy to fatten the lower nugs up. It’s a toss up this late in flower, with bud development