First time grow

Personally, I make a splint with a stick when this happens and use rubber covered wire to attach the stick/splint above and below the breakage. This works well and in 3-4 weeks, often the splint can be removed to reveal a completely healed stem. Whatever you do, do not rub soil or spray the breakage with water, you need it to air dry and crust over. Even with the tape you used, there is a risk from excess moisture (sweating) under the tape, causing perfect conditions for fungus to grow and kill everything growing above the breakage. This is also why you do not smear dirt or spray water on the break, it just increases the risk of fungal attack. There is no reason to stop your normal watering and/or feeding schedule, your plant will be fine, but I personally would remove the tape and make a splint out of a stick - a bamboo skewer works well, and remember, the break needs to air dry and crust over, just like a human wound. And just like a human wound, you don't spray that with water and keep it mushy soft, this just leads to infection. Hope this helps, Organoman.

If you just recently had a snap/break in the upper cola/branch in the last couple days - I’d say it might be dying off unfortunately.. if it doesn’t perk up soon I’d be tempted to chop it off. See how it reacts to a good watering and give it a couple days I’d say.. if it starts looking progressively worse I would cut it off to save resources and concentrate growth of side branching buds.

Looking at the photos in your diary I’d say they still need a few more weeks. The plants look good enough that I wouldn’t harvest early unless you were having bud rot/mold issues. 🌱

Unfortunately you’ve got yourself some bud rot. Usually caused by too much humidity and not enough air movement. Outdoors has been tough all around this year. It’s best to cut it off, so the rest of your crop doesn’t contract it’s spores 🌱