Revegitating a cannabis plant...

[Fencewalker]

Saw a question about revegitating a plant after harvest so thought I would dust off this post of mine and share it with anyone interested. ;)

I bought a pack of Nirvana indoor mix. They sent me 11 seeds (instead of ten, nice of them), but only 5 germinated.
Out of those 5, 1 was male and 3 were destroyed in a lighting S.N.A.F.U. which left me with one female plant. From the short flowering period I believe it was Top 44. I wanted to keep this strain, so I decided to reveg to get a couple clones off of it for mother plants. If it worked, great, I would keep the strain. If not, I had a crapload of Skunks to grow, so I figured I couldn't lose for trying.

When I harvested it, I left 3 pair of fan leaves and one bud about the size of a dime. My reason for only leaving one bud as vegetative growth? Greed.
I wanted to smoke every bit I could.

What happened next I found very interesting.
I put the un-harvested remains in a 5 gallon bucket, shoved it under my 250 watt MH (I have since this attempt traded in my MH for HPS lights) and sat back to wait.
In 3 days I started to get that deformed mutant growth from that one bud.
You know what I'm talking about right? The "spinach leaves"?
Soon, the leaves straightened themselves out. What I wasn't expecting was that one bud when it started to grow out was going to act like I fimmed. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Here is a shot of what that dime sized bud turned into. I have taken off all the mutant growth and also trimmed half a dozen small suckers that were clogging up the middle of the canopy above.
Kind of looks like a rhyzome, maybe?

[Fencewalker]

Now in the first picture (without the ruler) here's a bigger look at the plant. I had 13 shoots at the beginning, but my 250 just wasn't enough light for that dense of growth, so I trimmed all but 7 off.

And a shot with a ruler is the second thumbnail so you can get an idea on size.

This is right around week 4 of revegging I believe. Somewhere between 3-4 weeks.

I took 7 clones and left enough growth to flower again if I wish.

[Fencewalker]

I ended up taking 11 clones off my revegged Top 44 plant. I had six nice and healthy clones rooted and potted, waiting for the hps to free up.

Once I verified my clones were rooting, I popped the revegged mother into the flowering area.

Here is a pic of the mother about 10 days into flower.

[Fencewalker]

So, to sum it all up...

My revegged top 44 plant once harvested, dried and cured was the same quality of smoke as the first harvest, but here's the rub...

Previous grows I never owned a scale. I had always used rate of consumption as a guide to how much my plants are yielding.
Well, this time I had a scale. So, I weighed this plant right before I put them in for the cure. 76 grams.

My previous grow using the 250 watt MH, I thought I was fighting to get an ounce a plant, now I have over 2 ounces.

Since this reveg, I have used a 400 watt hps and a 1000 watt hps and I find consistently I get a better yield with revegging than I do with the original grow.

If you have the time and space to revegitate a plant, I would recommend it. As a last resort for saving a strain you enjoy as well as growing a known quality again. I'm a fan.

[Dreadscale]

Thanks for the post Fencewalker.

Informative!!