How to Heal a Plant

Water plants that look withered and dehydrated; most plants will resuscitate within a few hours. Add a mixture of water and plant food if watering alone does not work.

Add support to sagging or bending plants by bracing with toothpicks for smaller plants and bamboo poles for larger plants. Lean the plant stem against a toothpick or bamboo bole and bind it with kitchen twine tied around both. Tie the twin loosely so as to not suffocate the plant.

Use a mildly sticky tape, such as masking tape or painter's tape, around broken plant stems. Wrap the tape loosely to allow nutrients to run freely through the stem. Tie the broken stem to a bamboo pole for additional support.

Graft a stem of a plant that has completely severed. Use a knife to cut a "V" shape out of the lower part of the stem or plant, then cut the other part of the stem or plant so that it fits into the notch you cut previously. Tape the grafted part together and brace with a bamboo pole.

Place the broken piece of the plant in a flower plot with moist soil to create a cutting. Trim the broken area and cut the end at an angle to create more surface area. Place the pot in an area that is humid, such as placing it under a plastic sheet. The pot should also be out of direct sunlight for a few days to keep it from drying out. Keep the cutting moist and replant in a couple of weeks if roots begin to grow.

Remove your plant from the soil by digging carefully around the roots. Add fresh potting or topsoil to the area and replant to give it an additional nutrient boost.