Ur_mate_bara Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 So i tried to tie my outdoor plant down a few weeks ago. The plants trunk was forked near the bottom and when i pulled it down it split at the fork. The split went right into the woody part of the trunk and basically split in half. I used a cable tie to hold it back together and the wound has all but healed over now although one side is slowly yellowing at the leaves and then they are dropping off. It has been probably a month now since the split and the leaves that are green arent drooping but slowly getting more and more bare. I would have thought if that part of her was going to die it would have died by now?Has anyone got experience with this and am i going to lose half my harvest, shes the only one ive got.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matanuska Thunder Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 did you take the cable tie off the plant?splitting a trunk into two is a practice some people do on purposeyellowing could be from the split but it could also be from bugs/ lack of plant food/ etcneed photos to give an accurate answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiritup420 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 (edited) I am no expert but I did do the same thing once. My plant didn't yellow but it stopped growing on one side and only grew slowly on the other main stem.. Ended up less than half the size it would have been... Is it in Flower or veg? Has it grown any since the split? If water gets in the split too often you will get bacteria and will eat into your plant. If it was indoor and my only plant I would get some cutting off her and keep her going that way Edited February 19, 2016 by Stiritup420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchybromusic Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 have you had a good look all round the split , no dark / black spotsdoes the split get wet when you water & as MT said the cable tie isn'teating in to the stem is it & cutting off supply is the yellowing only on the split branch , & yeah pic's be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growbabygrow Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Def take the cable tie off or else you risk ring barking the plant. I would clean leaves up off the bottom of the plant too to give it air flow incase the split gets moist prevent fungus/bugs etc destroying the whole thing. It also happened to my big girl but not very badly as yours i wrapped the shit out of it with duct tape and a few weeks later good as new. Big fat knuckle. Put a pic up please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morduskull Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I had a plant split on the main stem right were it was topped, the split was about 6 inches long taped it upwith masking tape came back fine i think you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ur_mate_bara Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I just took some photos but not sure how to add them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchybromusic Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) I just took some photos but not sure how to add them?click "more reply options" next to "post" , bottom right hand corner Edited February 20, 2016 by itchybromusic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stix87 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 A few weeks back my c99 x bb was snapped in half just got the heavy duty tape out and taped it up and gave her some support she bounced back no dramas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ur_mate_bara Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 The yellowing is only on the one side of the split and yes cable tie is still on but doesnt appear to be really cutting in to the trunk....i put a pic of the healthy side also so you can see the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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