Grafting: Would this work, not work, or be pointless?

[Anathema2121]

Well, I was high as shit reading through that Indoor/Outdoor bible by Jorge Cervantes and he had a section about grafting. He suggested that by maybe grafting an indica plant onto a larger sativa root-stock, you might be able to make a more drought resistant plant.

Well, would it be possible to graft a young plant onto the remaing roots if you were to just chop your plant down instead of uprooting it for harvest? If it works, in theory your plant should just grow fast as shit since it doesn't have to worry about building roots. If no one knows for sure if that would work or not, I see an experiment coming up in a few months lol.

[MastaChronic]

dont see why it wouldnt

[bejay]

while you may want to experiment with it, grafting is pointless in my opinion it really doesnt take very long to develop a good root system.

[stinkyattic]

Pointless.
Cannabis is an annual. It doesn't live long enough or get woody enough (well, it does if you're keeping like a 20 year old mother) to make a good graft and have it 'take'.

[khronik]

I was considering trying to graft cuttings from my female plants onto the stumps of my male plants once they're all sexed. What's the worst that could happen?

[Chronisseur]

I was considering trying to graft cuttings from my female plants onto the stumps of my male plants once they're all sexed. What's the worst that could happen?

Interesting concept. Maybe imbed the cutting into a freshly cut root core soaked in cloning gel?

[stinkyattic]

I was considering trying to graft cuttings from my female plants onto the stumps of my male plants once they're all sexed. What's the worst that could happen?

Interesting concept. Maybe imbed the cutting into a freshly cut root core soaked in cloning gel?

Similar to budding roses onto a hardier rootstock (r. multiflora for example). However roses are a woody perennial and their protected, waxy buds take well to grafting- cannabis buds are much softer and more fragile, and prone to desiccation or rot.

The root idea is a good one in theory but in practice you will find that the same problem that arises when you top a plant too low and expose the hollow part of the stem will plague any attempts to work with a plant that has been chopped.

Given the speed at which a healthy clone grows roots, this isn't really something a viable method to increase your efficiency over traditional cloning. Cool, though!

[Chronisseur]

Yeah, like usual your probably right but I think in the right lab with the right scientist (maybe me:D) , this could be researched and developed.