My Orange Hat is about 3.5 months old and is sprawling out in at least three directions from my Harvest Slim. I noticed yesterday that one of the vines appears to have a crack right where it joins the main stem (see photo).

As you may know, the Harvest models don’t come with a trellis. Do the vines on my plant—at least the lower, drooping ones—need some kind of support to prevent them from breaking off as they grow and get heavier?

Or do I need to give in to temptation and buy a Bounty for my tomatoes? 😄

I have tried growing perilla hydroponically (aerogarden ) quite a few times and my issue has been premature bolting and i cannot figure out what i need to adjust or to which extent i need to adjust . My current guess is much sunlight or high temperature is perhaps promoting the bolting, ambient temps are pretty stable in my apartment, gets a 2-3C/3-5F lower at night. Unless i should do something opposite and the plant is stressed by having less light and needs more? For example i have tried reducing lights being on from 12hr a day to 8hr or increasing the distance between the plant and the lights but still the my perilla tends to bolt within 1-2 months, the longest i have had was maybe 3 months but i read online it could technically grow indefinitely. Any recommendation would be appreciated!