Grafting Canibus

[ProdigalSun]

I was topping for 4 colas today and because of a nice creative bud I got an idea. I had gotten set up to do some cloning because I didn't want to waste a really nice looking top, had that done abd this little branch I had trimmed was just lying there and I felt bad for it but it was too tiny to clone. I thought I'd try to graft it back on the main trunk where I had just cut the top. I took the little sprig, cut a 45* on it, sliced down the main trunk, stuck the sprig in the crack, and put a good bit of clonex around the entire site, hoping the twi would grow together. Let's see if it works.



If you were to graft a sprig from a different strain, would it take on the qualities of both plants? What about the offspring from either gene pool?

 

[ProdigalSun]

The first node leaf got lopped somehow when it was just a very tiny little sprout, so it looks like a tri, but it isn't.

 

[EverythingsHazy]

You cut the bottom of the grafted part like v and put it in the wound shaped liek M ?
Depending on the diameter of thestem and the part you grafted it onto, it might be able to work.

Why use rooting gel though? You don't want the ranch to grow roots into the main plant. you just want the tissues to fuse and start transporting nutrients like normal.

 

[SnapsProvolone]

Yeah for grafting you want sterile clean tissue. No clonex for sure.

 

[Sticky760]

Make sure to wrap plastic around the stalk. The only thing grafting will do if you are grafting it into the same strain is make it stronger cause your singling out the gene pool to create the purest version or original version of that plant it's better acclimated to its environment cause its already in soil and could possibly make it a dwarf, thats why they cross the same strain together with pollen to get its purest form. That's why Monsanto created..The terminator seed haha.

 

[ProdigalSun]

The little sprig didn't make it. I don't have any anti transpiration spray, that would probably help.

 

[SnapsProvolone]

Yeah antiwilt is my key to sucessful domeless cloning. Stuff works.

 

[SnapsProvolone]

Make sure to wrap plastic around the stalk. The only thing grafting will do if you are grafting it into the same strain is make it stronger cause your singling out the gene pool to create the purest version or original version of that plant it's better acclimated to its environment cause its already in soil and could possibly make it a dwarf, thats why they cross the same strain together with pollen to get its purest form. That's why Monsanto created..The terminator seed haha.

I want what your smoking.

 

[RPMJUNKIE]

Heh, did you happen too be watching history channel about vineyards? I was and they were talking about how they graft the best fruiting tops of wine grapes too different root stems that grow best in the local climate, naturally i was like "hey that would be sweet with cannabis!" And they also talked about how stress from the arid, windy climate helps produce the best flavors from the grapes.

Hopefully something comes out of your experiment, good luck!

 

[Sticky760]

Blue Alien & Kryptonite og shatter don't mix man haha. I get my words all...azpl1i3:$£ lol But you got the drift of it

 

[Ilovebush]

pretty good vid on grafting...check it out

http://youtu.be/NEf-5MoB2rA

 

[beuffer420]

I've grafted a few times just to see if I could do it. It's pretty neat to have one plant with two strains in it. I saw a vid where in Europe they put like 7 plants into one plant and kept it as the mother of all there different strains to clone off of. Thought it was pretty cool for those who have a small plant count but want multiple genetics to grow.

 

[grapeoptimo]

how long on average does a graft take to "take" after its "taken" does the plant have access to the full rootsystem of its parent plant? Could we graft cuttings onto say a stalk of a plant you just harvested? I'm interested in doing this in hydroponics. Could possibly save some time vs cloning?

 

[melancholy]

So the grafted piece retains its full and original genetics? It would seem like it would change something by fusing into the tissue of a different plant. Maybe I need to brush up on genetics and grafting lol

 

[supertiger]

It would be pretty awesome to take a post flowered plant with it's healthy root system and graft clones onto it and send it into veg. That could get very interesting..

 

[chocobear]

Someone please do this and report for science. I think it would be really damn cool to use post harvest stalk/rootstem to graft clones.

 

[EverythingsHazy]

So the grafted piece retains its full and original genetics? It would seem like it would change something by fusing into the tissue of a different plant. Maybe I need to brush up on genetics and grafting lol

Yes. It will keep growing as if it were another plant just using the rootstock for well roots and water and such lol. That's how you can get one branch to grow lemons, one to grow limes, and one oranges on the same tree. They aren't hybrid fruits.

Also, about using a post hybrid plant... Two things to look out for:
1. You want the rootstock to be about the same diameter as the scion (stem you graft ONTO the rootstock) for best connection.
2. SOunds like a lot of stress since the plant was ready to die already at the end of harvestand then on top of that you are cutting it down and making it heal up a graft. Generally newer, greener growth connects and heals up faster. Should still be doable, but maybe a bit harder.