Have been growing the plant for quite some time and while getting tools a bin dropped and snapped my plant. Should I just give up?
by Jbrayfb
22 Comments
Ck1ngK1LLER
It’s a long shot, but you can try putting the joint together and wrapping it with cloth medical tape.
Or take the broken piece, cut the stem clean with a sterile razor, then put root enzymes on it and try to get it to throw new roots.
flipflopjunior
There is a chance for your potted stem to continue to grow, but the plant will be far behind this season. I’d suggest checking out pepper propagation on YT to see how others recommend growing from a cutting – good luck!
chuddyman
The stem in the pot will probably be fine in the long run.
You’ll need a sharp and clean knife and some kind of way to hold things together. Maybe a plastic straw and plastic wrap that you can remove at some point.
You might also need a stick for support to help carry some of the weight.
Keep the soil moist and mist the leaves. Make sure the plant is covered/shaded or similar and out of the direct sun to help it maintain humidity and to reduce stress.
There’s a *chance* you can save it.
There could be other ways to save the plant, but grafting is the only one that comes to mind.
Dropkicklover
I’ve had the stem regrow leafs after my cat left nothing but a stick sticking out of the soil.. there’s hope!
speadskater
Keep the soil damp, It should recover.
vcdylldarh
My experience with unplanned pruning (living in goat country) is that your plant will make for a great season. It’ll most likely grow back rapidly as it already has a full root system.
You can double your success by propagating the part that broke off. Cut it in many individual branches and stick them in distilled water to root. Using distilled water is a counterintuitive trick given to me on the r/propagation sub when one of my plants was in a similar situation — the absence of nutrition in the water forces the plant to root as it will have to find new resources before it’s buffer runs out. As soon as the first roots appear you can very slowly add some hydroponics fertilizer or plant it in soil. Going the hydroponics route will give you faster growth and a better yield, even for the passive kratky (reddit: r/kratky) method.
t0mt0mt0m
Disposable chopstick and some painters tape. Reconnect it the best you can and tape it back together. Put in shade and see what happens. It could reconnect and come back as a graft. Plant looks healthy, just don’t blast it with to much of anything.
Ishmaille
I had a similar thing happen to one of my plants last year. I put it in water and, after a month or two of just surviving, it eventually put out roots and I was able to replant it.
By the time it started growing again and putting out flowers, the season was over, so it never produced. But it was a fun experiment.
If I were you, I’d try grafting it back on. That may get it back to growing faster than planting the cutting. However, unfortunately I still would expect it to take a while to recover.
cappasequal
Peppers mend remarkably
Totalidiotfuq
Oof i say no but other comments give me hope, Good luck.
Maximum_Tomorrow6268
I concur with Grafting it back in. Never done it, so I’d get a little brother start from the box store just in case!
Bobo6705
Stick it in the pot like a clone
CoffeeWith2MuchCream
I’d turn that top into multiple cuttings and try to root. Peppers are fairly amenable to being rooted. It’s a set back, but its not too late in the year at least.
Son_of_Sophroniscus
Bro just sprout some more seeds. It’s only May, you got time
IWasSayingBoourner
Using a very sharp razor, cut a slot into the base, and a matching V into the top, stick them together, and bind with a bamboo skewer (or something similar) and some breathable medical tape. Should be right as rain after a few weeks and you can remove the supports.
skipjack_sushi
The front fell off.
sergio62194
When transplanting my seedlings i had the stem break too. After about a week I noticed it was starting to grow new leaves! It’s much smaller than my others but it’s coming along!
BenicioDelWhoro
Throw the broken bit. Leave the remaining alone, don’t water it and you might get new growth off the main stem.
Gloster_Thrush
Mane, drink a two liter of soda then peel the label and cut the bottom off. Cap the exposed stem w that shit. Then plant the remains in a cup of perlite with water in the bottom after you strip some leaves off.
It’s two plants now.
realmealdeal
I was over wintering some plants in my basement with grow lights a few years ago when a fucking rat chewed one of my plants down to a NUB. Like only an inch of stalk showing. I was devastated, but kept it around.
It pushed out leaves and I just kept it with the lights etc and it turned into a full on fruit bearing plant at the same time the other’s did!
22 Comments
It’s a long shot, but you can try putting the joint together and wrapping it with cloth medical tape.
Or take the broken piece, cut the stem clean with a sterile razor, then put root enzymes on it and try to get it to throw new roots.
There is a chance for your potted stem to continue to grow, but the plant will be far behind this season. I’d suggest checking out pepper propagation on YT to see how others recommend growing from a cutting – good luck!
The stem in the pot will probably be fine in the long run.
Graft it! It will work.
I would try to graft it back.
Look at tomato grafting methods. You need a sharp knife and improvise a clamp to hold things together. I would try a wedge shape given the size of the plant: [https://www.sfrcollege.edu.in/el-modules/botany/plant%20propagation/Cleft%20and%20epicotyl%20grafting.php](https://www.sfrcollege.edu.in/el-modules/botany/plant%20propagation/Cleft%20and%20epicotyl%20grafting.php)
You’ll need a sharp and clean knife and some kind of way to hold things together. Maybe a plastic straw and plastic wrap that you can remove at some point.
You might also need a stick for support to help carry some of the weight.
Keep the soil moist and mist the leaves. Make sure the plant is covered/shaded or similar and out of the direct sun to help it maintain humidity and to reduce stress.
There’s a *chance* you can save it.
There could be other ways to save the plant, but grafting is the only one that comes to mind.
I’ve had the stem regrow leafs after my cat left nothing but a stick sticking out of the soil.. there’s hope!
Keep the soil damp, It should recover.
My experience with unplanned pruning (living in goat country) is that your plant will make for a great season. It’ll most likely grow back rapidly as it already has a full root system.
You can double your success by propagating the part that broke off. Cut it in many individual branches and stick them in distilled water to root. Using distilled water is a counterintuitive trick given to me on the r/propagation sub when one of my plants was in a similar situation — the absence of nutrition in the water forces the plant to root as it will have to find new resources before it’s buffer runs out. As soon as the first roots appear you can very slowly add some hydroponics fertilizer or plant it in soil. Going the hydroponics route will give you faster growth and a better yield, even for the passive kratky (reddit: r/kratky) method.
Disposable chopstick and some painters tape. Reconnect it the best you can and tape it back together. Put in shade and see what happens. It could reconnect and come back as a graft. Plant looks healthy, just don’t blast it with to much of anything.
I had a similar thing happen to one of my plants last year. I put it in water and, after a month or two of just surviving, it eventually put out roots and I was able to replant it.
By the time it started growing again and putting out flowers, the season was over, so it never produced. But it was a fun experiment.
If I were you, I’d try grafting it back on. That may get it back to growing faster than planting the cutting. However, unfortunately I still would expect it to take a while to recover.
Peppers mend remarkably
Oof i say no but other comments give me hope, Good luck.
I concur with Grafting it back in. Never done it, so I’d get a little brother start from the box store just in case!
Stick it in the pot like a clone
I’d turn that top into multiple cuttings and try to root. Peppers are fairly amenable to being rooted. It’s a set back, but its not too late in the year at least.
Bro just sprout some more seeds. It’s only May, you got time
Using a very sharp razor, cut a slot into the base, and a matching V into the top, stick them together, and bind with a bamboo skewer (or something similar) and some breathable medical tape. Should be right as rain after a few weeks and you can remove the supports.
The front fell off.
When transplanting my seedlings i had the stem break too. After about a week I noticed it was starting to grow new leaves! It’s much smaller than my others but it’s coming along!
Throw the broken bit. Leave the remaining alone, don’t water it and you might get new growth off the main stem.
Mane, drink a two liter of soda then peel the label and cut the bottom off. Cap the exposed stem w that shit. Then plant the remains in a cup of perlite with water in the bottom after you strip some leaves off.
It’s two plants now.
I was over wintering some plants in my basement with grow lights a few years ago when a fucking rat chewed one of my plants down to a NUB. Like only an inch of stalk showing. I was devastated, but kept it around.
It pushed out leaves and I just kept it with the lights etc and it turned into a full on fruit bearing plant at the same time the other’s did!
There’s hope.