Idea for a monster mother plant.

Hi guys. I have an idea for creating a monster mother plant that I think might work.

I have heard that you can splice branches of MJ onto other plants but they might not produce bud. My idea is that you splice 3 branches from different strains (with similar eating habits) onto a fourth mature female. You label the different branches and end up with a single mother plant with 4 different clone genetics. You would probably have to have a larger plant to get enough cuttings from it. It would take some time and trial and error, but it could be a cool experiment. Some mothers can live 10+ years. What do you guys think? Cheers. :pimp::D

if that'd work it would be awesome.

Hi, I would think you would have to go real slow on the splicing doing one branch at a time and waiting until they fully take before moving to the second branch.

Yeah, I agree. I would let the plant heal completely before moving on.

Grafting is what you're talking about and I think its a waste of time to graft one cannabis plant onto another. :twocents:

Why do you think it would be a waste of time? If it actually worked, then you would only need one mother plant for a few different strains. Instead of one mother plant for each strain.

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Originally Posted by JaySin

Why do you think it would be a waste of time? If it actually worked, then you would only need one mother plant for a few different strains. Instead of one mother plant for each strain.

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overly complicated for one.
the 2nd would be that I have no clue about grafting other than what I've read about grafting roses, cacti and stuff.

The idea has a lot of merit actually: a medical grower with plant limits could maintain one single mother plant rather than one for each strain. I love it.

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Originally Posted by CannabaCharlie

The idea has a lot of merit actually: a medical grower with plant limits could maintain one single mother plant rather than one for each strain. I love it.

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I was going to say that it would probably be easier to just keep several small mother plants than one grafted one, but this is a very good point. Most legal growers can only have a limited number of plants, and this could allow them more flexibility.

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Originally Posted by khronik

I was going to say that it would probably be easier to just keep several small mother plants than one grafted one, but this is a very good point. Most legal growers can only have a limited number of plants, and this could allow them more flexibility.

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Or you could follow what Whiskey sNsSteal is doing and breed your different kinds together for the different effects and genetics you need for your personal medication :twocents:

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Originally Posted by SunnyD

Or you could follow what Whiskey sNsSteal is doing and breed your different kinds together for the different effects and genetics you need for your personal medication :twocents:

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Sometimes I feel like drinking wine, and sometimes I feel like drinking beer. But I rarely feel like drinking the two mixed together. ;)

I know most people like growing several strains for their own use, though I guess I can't speak for medical growers.

Reminds me of a cocktail fruit tree. I would be hesitant to put all my eggs into one basket, and have one plant contain all of my genetical material. I have had plants mysteriously die before, or freak accidents happen, and if your one mother dies, it hurts even worse. If you have multiple mother plants, you run a lot lower risk of losing all of them at once. I recently was very close to such a disaster, my main mother plant died back 3/4 of the way after being stored in a car all day due to a sudden emergency. I almost have the thing back to health, and have several new plants started, but that experience really showed me how suddenly you can potentially lose your crop.