Newbi plant issue!

Actually its urgent. I had to leave my grow for 4 days, and I'm several weeks into flowering. They are autoflowering.

Basically the buds, are fairly heavy and the stems too long, so they bascially keeled over! I've tried to string them up, and watered them, but as it turns out, I've got to take off for another 3 days. I had thought they would have been done by now! its been 3 months. They were supposed to be done after 70 days! I posted some pics in another thread, under harvesting...
Cant avoid next trip.... I just watered and I'm trying to keep them alive, but the stems were badly bent...
Can they survive??? how can I keep em alive for my next trip!


EKSPAin

Without images and with pictures scattered in one post, information in another we can't help you. To get help here's what you need to do.

Here's what you need to post to get quality help on your grow.
(1) Give images under metal halide or incandescent (no hps).
(2) Give complete synopsis in one post telling us all the details.
(a) substrate
(b) nutrients
(c) additives
(d) age
(e) strain
(f) environment
(g) miscellaneous

Now you will have a chance of getting meaningful support because most people here would like to help you. Unfortunately without this info all we are doing is guessing. If you decide to use the wrong guess you may end up potless.

Mine are starting to get on the heavy side too. For now I just have a ton of strings, but next time I'm running tomato or scrog cages... Like curious said though, until everyone has pics there is no way to know how bad the problem actually is

Ok will provide pics soon! Must run for the moment, but will post and add info within the next 3 hours or so
THANKS Curious!

farmers can't just up and leave for a few days the chickens gotta be fed the cattle need to be let out of the barn the weed needs to be watered

Here are some pics. Basically you can see that I tried to tie them up. The 4th photo over shows how they had bent and there is a crease in the stem, and it looks bruised. Some of the buds are hanging over and I cant get them to stand straight again....

curious2garden said:

Without images and with pictures scattered in one post, information in another we can't help you. To get help here's what you need to do.

Here's what you need to post to get quality help on your grow.
(1) Give images under metal halide or incandescent (no hps).
(2) Give complete synopsis in one post telling us all the details.
(a) substrate
(b) nutrients
(c) additives
(d) age
(e) strain
(f) environment
(g) miscellaneous

Now you will have a chance of getting meaningful support because most people here would like to help you. Unfortunately without this info all we are doing is guessing. If you decide to use the wrong guess you may end up potless.

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I'm using a really good mixture, its got everything allready combined- in the soil

At the moment, I'm just giving them bloom nutrients, and trying not to over do it! I was giving it to them every watering, these last couple of weeks. But not over doing the amount.

They're roughy 3 months

Strain is AutoAK47, or Auto Makka 47

In my grow tent, temps are around 22- 25 celcius

Thanks again!!!

If you could let me know how I might leave my plants for 3 more days without killing them???
What If I put a plate of water under the pots, will that kill the roots???

Please help!
EKSPain

You'll be fine. Keep em tied up water before you leave

and please tell me I can harvest soon?!?!

ekspain said:

Here are some pics. Basically you can see that I tried to tie them up. The 4th photo over shows how they had bent and there is a crease in the stem, and it looks bruised. Some of the buds are hanging over and I cant get them to stand straight again....

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Pull and trim the broken cola. That won't repair and your bud will degrade if left under the lights. If you look at my first grow journal you'll find out how I know this. Also you look pretty close to done to me. Do you have a magnifier you can look at the trichomes with?

Leaving for days at a time isn't a good idea. I usually spend about 2 hours a day on mine and check it twice. Even when I was running NFT and only changing reservoirs weekly it was still daily checks. They are starting to make feedback systems such as the parrot system but for today that won't help you.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/01/parrot-flower-power-smart-wireless-plant-sensor-demo/

About all you can do now is water them good that's about all you can do. I wouldn't leave them in standing water. If you have a cycle timer you could set it for 1 minute every 24 hours if you have a very well draining soil. But again check the trichomes on the rest you look so close to harvest.

Thanks a million! I'll cut those main colas that are bent. I thought the others still have some white pistels, maybe I should wait for some of them...
Thanks again!!!

I genrally check things at least 2 or 3 times a day, make sure temps are normal, but 2hours a day! Man, impossible!

Well, I'll let you know how things go, but I;m thinking about how I can make my next grow better.