FYI, I found these foam rubber coated wire ties that protect the stalks from damaging rubbing.
I try to leave my plants out during the day for sun, but it gets windy, so I like them to get a bit roughed up which increases the thickness of the stalks & in theory increases the potential to carry bigger buds, but the ties I was using were wearing into the stalks.
I found these foam coated wire ties that work a treat
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Good idea 
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I give my ladies lots of air movement early and silicate make stalks stronger so rarely need stakes
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are you growing organic? if so you can use diatommacious earth DE if not Potassium Silicate it is in almost everything and much like calcium a building block for structure. Plants given silicate have thicker trunks bark leafs and tend to hold bigger buds Silicate is a structural building block for plants and already there in most soils though not as plant avail as Potassium Silicate
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Thanks, I actually use DE to get rid of the fungus gnats, so they have a good dose
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the liquid stuff is easier for plants to absorb if you aren’t growing organic it makes a big difference
All organic
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