Maintenance of mothers/fathers in dirt

[Captain Murphy]

 

Here are some photo's and a quick walk through, of maintaining mother/father plants in dirt.
This is one of my mothers, she will be two years old next month. You can see she is looking a
little unkempt and in need of some attention.



I like to gather all the branches together and snip off 1/2 the green straight across. Then i work
up from the bottom cleaning off the dead leaves and shaded branches.



Ok now we un-pot her and lay her down on the floor. With a large knife trim down the round sides
until we are left with a rectangle. Then slice the bottom of the root ball off also and we have
approximately a 5"- 6" cube of rootball left. ( I start with a 10" round pot so I'm cutting off about
1/2 of the root ball/dirt ) Now re-pot with some fresh dirt. https://tokecity.com/forums/showthread.php4?t=34983





Now here she is 20 days later looking much better and ready to give some cuts. I do this
when they look hungry/unhappy instead of feeding in the water. She will need it again in 6 - 8
weeks.



Ok that's it, hope this explains keeping stock plants and makes your life easier!

[vorzh]

 

Thanks for the post, the clone/mother/progressive cycle is the area that i have least knowledge in, and i know it's most important for maximizing yield, so again, thanks, especially for that root ball trimming reminder... i remember reading about the benefits of that but would have completely forgot it.

[bananabuds420]

 

wow i never new that you could even grow a cannabis plant that long how long could it potentialy live and how do you keep it from budding.also how many cuttingscan you take at a time.

[vorzh]

 

Originally Posted by bananabuds420

wow i never new that you could even grow a cannabis plant that long how long could it potentialy live and how do you keep it from budding.also how many cuttingscan you take at a time.

Theoretically it could live forever as long as it was continually transplanted to prevent roots from damaging themselves.

I'm pretty sure you can take as many cuttings as you want, although the more cuttings you take at any one time, the more stress you cause to the plant. Mother plants are already stressed from being cut often/living for so long, so i would imagine taking excessive cuttings at any one time would only greaten the chances of stressing it into having some male tendencies.

[Captain Murphy]

 

Originally Posted by bananabuds420

wow i never new that you could even grow a cannabis plant that long how long could it potentialy live and how do you keep it from budding.also how many cuttingscan you take at a time.

They will live as long as you care for them, I replace mothers when they no longer fit in thier veg space (4 ft) but its not too hard to keep them small with regular pruning.

To keep a plant from budding it is usually given at least 18 hours of light a day. (Veg stage)

I take 8 cuts at a time but this plant can give up to maybe 24 good cuts per root trim. They can all be taken at once, I usually chop the whole thing in half and flat top it like a hedge, then cut up the roots. They are very resilient and true females are quite resistant to herm.

[Rowdy]

 

I have seen flowered plants that were finished that this old cat used to cut off all the tops and leave the spindly bottoms and regenerate them with a 24 hr light cycle. This would take atleast 2 months for the whole process and he has done this for over 12 years before i picked up a clone and I have kept it alive thru clone mothers for 8+ years. It is still very viable and a very worthy genetic to keep alive to say the least. To those that say clones wear out, BULLSHIT! It is the care that you are giving, or lack of. Your genes don't change because you got sick, it just takes a bit to get back to health with a proper diet and good general care.
Good luck. Peace.

[EpicToker420]

 

C.Murphy!!!!!!! this is AWESOME info!!!!!!

[Captain Murphy]

 

Originally Posted by Rowdy

I have seen flowered plants that were finished that this old cat used to cut off all the tops and leave the spindly bottoms and regenerate them with a 24 hr light cycle. This would take atleast 2 months for the whole process and he has done this for over 12 years before i picked up a clone and I have kept it alive thru clone mothers for 8+ years. It is still very viable and a very worthy genetic to keep alive to say the least. To those that say clones wear out, BULLSHIT! It is the care that you are giving, or lack of. Your genes don't change because you got sick, it just takes a bit to get back to health with a proper diet and good general care.
Good luck. Peace.

Yes re-vegging is a useful technique, even if it is time consuming

Nice one, i'm glad you were able to keep her.

I have been lucky in keeping parents alive, once forgot a mother in the washer discharge sink and she got a good 10-15 gallon flush of soapy dirty water . Was kinda worried but she seemed to like it.

I've heard of plants loosing viability but haven't experienced it myself.

Originally Posted by EpicToker420

C.Murphy!!!!!!! this is AWESOME info!!!!!!

Thanks EpicToker!

Wanted to say, this is my version of a thread 'All About Bonsai Mums' by Oldtimer1, which i learned and was inspired from.