Broken Stem. Any Hope?

[westin]

Last week we had a pretty heavy storm with strong winds, and a couple of my pepper plants broke partway up the stem.  They still look pretty healthy, but my fear is that this will stunt their growth.  Is it worth it to even try to save them?  
 
Here is a pic of a jalapeno plant -- The other one that broke was a yellow bell:
 

 
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Hybrid Mode 01]

     Mother nature topped your plant for you. It'll be fine - those shoots will take off fast.

 

[ColdSmoke]

That plant looks fine...nature simply topped it for you!

 

[Phil]

Agreed.... it will be fine. Maybe even better. It will provide more nodes, which means more peppers

 

[Bhut_Trolokia]

That saves you the trouble of topping it.
Looks fine to me.

 

[jedisushi06]

it will grow back with some tlc and be bushy lovins for u!  yes im buzzed on hhwhiskey

 

[mrgrowguy]

I agree, nature did you a favor in my opinion

 

[Jamison]

Don't worry,  be happy!  

 

[westin]

Thanks for the reassurance.  I am pretty new to gardening in general, so I feared the worst when I saw them.    Love this forum.

 

[JutsFL]

Ha! Gotta agree with the above responses - you're in the clear... Let 'er rip from here on out, that plant'll be fine.

 

[mrgrowguy]

Usually, when a plant gets topped, the growth is stunted for a little bit. But not long after, once it starts taking off, I'm sure you'll be happy that it happened.
 
In general I find it takes about a week, maybe two, for a previously happy plant to recover to a full "vigorous green growth" stage after topping. There are other topping methods like FIM pruning. This type of pruning heals a lot faster.