Reversed growign cycle

ok now i had to take clones in a emergency situation got 26 clones im down to only 6 that survived the backwards process (plants were already buddin) the 6 that are left were stunted for a while and i couldnt get them to start growing again (some of the nodes where just to far gona into buding) so i went from a 24 -0 cycle to a 18-6 cycle whcih seemed to help i got 6 that started to grow again now they aint growing very fast and they are still on a 18-6 should i switch it bakc to a 24-0 i would like to get them back up and going to reclone asap. thanks.

Whoa...that sounds like a pretty sticky situation. So you are saying that the 6 clones you took off of flowering plants have buds on them and you are now putting them back into veg? That doesn't sound very good for the health of them. That is a lot of stress for your plants. If you do successfully get them to veg again, then clone, veg the clones and flower them, they will have a high chance of showing hermaphrodite traits. That means pollen sacks, lots of problems, and eventually seeds. :eek:

BUT, what's done is done, so I guess you should keep doing what you're doing. It won't make for any very good mother plants and it seems like you did this so that you would be able to clone and make many plants from these "psuedo-mamas." IMO you are really setting yourself up for boatloads of problems and if it was me, I'd flower the plants I have now, and in the meantime start some new seeds and do it the right way. It will be rewarding in the end. Even if you do get hermie plants, you can control them somewhat and, hey, it's not like you've never smoked weed with seeds in it, right? Just finish em off, smoke 'em, and start anew.

It would be nice to see the 6 plants you have left. Hope you can post some pics soon. Good luck. :thumbsup:

Be cool.

TGF

well yea they were stressed to the core and out of the 22 i got 6 were they started to grow again. Buds died and the nodes started to reproduce leafs. I know it wasnt good to reverse the cycle but it had to be done. I got more seeds tryign to come up but atm im stuck. I got over 7 grand ivested into this little project with absolutely ntohin in return i need a batch to come out and alittle money to come back in before i do anything.

you have a 7000 dollar setup... holy crap man invest 50 bucks and get us some pics!

lol yea well im includeing rent along with the house my system itslef only probaly 3 or 4 g's

well i have been given clones taken a little too late!, they can reveg ok, but they have had super stress to do so, as a plant re vegges it has to start from scratch, producing single fingered palms and then twos threes, and fives etc just like a seedlig does, this is a slow pprocess, in fact it is slower than starting seed for new mothers,
it is also likely to hermie at some point,maybe not the mothers! but the crop when sent into flower!,,,,,,
lots of money to go and screw the mothers eh!
lessons to be learnt!
always take more care of the mothers than you do your crop! as they are all of your crops!
always have spare lamp, bulb,and extractors just in case!,
and check daily that all are funtioning well!
i lost three great mothers when the electricity department started digging up the street out side
lost power evry other day for a month!
had to start again!
lost the crops too of course, but the mothers where the real loss!

hope it goes well for you, remember that time is never an issue when growing, and your best laid plans for time schedules can go out of the window very easily, the crop is ready when its ready, and i guess you are ready to go comercial when your ready too, not when your able to financially!.
good luck with it, and make the right choices,