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Omar Green

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I'm taking some horticulture classes at the local community college towards a nursery and landscape certificate. Last Saturday during lab we grafted Japanese maples. I learned very fast and was very good. I am just wondering if cannabis can be grafted in a similar manner.

I assume cut the scion at a 45 angle and secure with band/grafting tape into an inter nodal cut on the rootstock?? Then a humidity tent for the branch?? Am I correct?

The Rootstock will be a vigorous strain, maybe pup kush, and scion would be a high yield like grape ape.
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djruiner

djruiner

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yes...cannabis can be grafted...can also graft multiple strain onto one plant.ive been researching a hormone called florigen which is supposed to be the hormone that triggers flowering in photo period plants.trying to figure out if it would be possible to graft a flowering plant onto a non-flowering plant...if i can figure out by which means this hormone is made and how it moves through the plant...might be able to cause instant flowering under any light cycle...kinda like an autoflower...but it gives you control of when it flowers.this would be really good for people that have multiple plants in the same grow area that they want some to flower and some to stay in veg
 
ExDex1x1

ExDex1x1

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You can already force flowering why would you want to waste time with grafting when you can just change your timer? Seems like an altogether more costly and time consuming method, and while it is interesting, its the equivalent of trying to make toast with a flamethrower. Sure it might be the cooler way of doing it but it's not an improvement on the existing method by any means.

Imo the only useful purpose of grafting in the real world is for patients who have very low plant number limits who want to grow multiple strains, and graft them all onto one plant.

what i would really like to see is if its possible to graft multiple root structures to a single plant to expedite nutrient and water uptake, in theory increasing yield and growth rates which would allow you to rotate plants through your garden quicker. Still doing more research into successful grafting before i attempt this.
 
djruiner

djruiner

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ExDex1x1 said:
You can already force flowering why would you want to waste time with grafting when you can just change your timer? Seems like an altogether more costly and time consuming method, and while it is interesting, its the equivalent of trying to make toast with a flamethrower. Sure it might be the cooler way of doing it but it's not an improvement on the existing method by any means.

Imo the only useful purpose of grafting in the real world is for patients who have very low plant number limits who want to grow multiple strains, and graft them all onto one plant.

what i would really like to see is if its possible to graft multiple root structures to a single plant to expedite nutrient and water uptake, in theory increasing yield and growth rates which would allow you to rotate plants through your garden quicker. Still doing more research into successful grafting before i attempt this.
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i explained that already....if you have plants that are still vegging that you dont want to flower you can have them under a normal veg light cycle then graft the plants you want to force to flower...not everyone has a flowering and a veg cab...so people that have smaller plants that they dont want to force they can stay in veg..while the grafted plants are forced to flower...reading comprehension...google it
 
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Omar Green said:
I'm taking some horticulture classes at the local community college towards a nursery and landscape certificate. Last Saturday during lab we grafted Japanese maples. I learned very fast and was very good. I am just wondering if cannabis can be grafted in a similar manner.

I assume cut the scion at a 45 angle and secure with band/grafting tape into an inter nodal cut on the rootstock?? Then a humidity tent for the branch?? Am I correct?

The Rootstock will be a vigorous strain, maybe pup kush, and scion would be a high yield like grape ape.
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Check out this thread .. and be sure to watch the video: http://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?p=106748#post106748
 
ExDex1x1

ExDex1x1

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djruiner said:
i explained that already....if you have plants that are still vegging that you dont want to flower you can have them under a normal veg light cycle then graft the plants you want to force to flower...not everyone has a flowering and a veg cab...so people that have smaller plants that they dont want to force they can stay in veg..while the grafted plants are forced to flower...reading comprehension...google it
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Didn't explain very well I thought you were talking about grafting as an alternative to light cycle changes for forcing flower not to achieve certain plants flowering and others vegging. An interesting application of grafting but i really dont know of many uses. I've seen PC grow boxes with two very small veg/flower areas in them, but to each his own i suppose.
 
djruiner

djruiner

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ExDex1x1 said:
Didn't explain very well I thought you were talking about grafting as an alternative to light cycle changes for forcing flower not to achieve certain plants flowering and others vegging. An interesting application of grafting but i really dont know of many uses. I've seen PC grow boxes with two very small veg/flower areas in them, but to each his own i suppose.
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god no..that would be pointless and time consuming...just to force flower switching the light cycle is always the way to go....and its still something im researching in my spare time.but for someone with only one cab...and say they have a plant thats vegged for 2 months and a plant thats vegged for 2 weeks and they want to flower the older plant..without changing the light cycle for the younger plant this might be a good way to trigger flowering in the older plant without changing the light cycle on the younger plant...but thats just an example and all in theory...much more research is needed
 
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