Dumb and Dumber need advice on an adoption

[guero]

A friend of mine is looking to give up her plants for adoption. She is going on vacation and has decided growing is not for her. There are 6 plants, about 2 feet tall, that have been on a 12 & 12 light cycle for a week or two. There is no mother; there are no clones.

How can I keep this family going? I assume it is too late to clone. I seem to remember years ago a friend cutting his plants down to harvest and then just letting them grow back. Am I imaging this or is it a possibility? Any options or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

guero Reviewed by guero on 11-21-2007. Dumb and Dumber need advice on an adoption A friend of mine is looking to give up her plants for adoption. She is going on vacation and has decided growing is not for her. There are 6 plants, about 2 feet tall, that have been on a 12 & 12 light cycle for a week or two. There is no mother; there are no clones. How can I keep this family going? I assume it is too late to clone. I seem to remember years ago a friend cutting his plants down to harvest and then just letting them grow back. Am I imaging this or is it a possibility? Rating: 5

[TheGanjaKing420]

A week or two into 12/12 shouldn't be a problem taking a couple clones. I took 3 clones from my last grow at 2 weeks into flowering and they rooted and are growing fine. Although I must add it has taken them a bit longer to come around than the ones taken in veg did, and I'd suspect that is because they have to re-veg first.

You can re-veg a plant. I don't know much on that subject as I've never done it, but I know it can take a couple months, and that when you harvest, you want to let enough leaves/bud on the plant so it has a fighting chance. I'm sure someone else can go more in depth with this.

[Mr. Clandestine]

If you're only a week or two into flowering, you can revert it back to an 18/6 lighting schedule and return them to vegetative growth fairly quickly. I'd start adding a fertilizer with a higher Nitrogen content, and start taking cuttings as soon as new shoots begin to form.

You can reveg a harvested plant, but from what I've heard, it'll lose some potency each time the plant is harvested. Plus, reverting a mature plant back to vegetative growth, you'll either need to repot into a container that is much larger than the one it was flowered in...or...you'll need to cut away a good bit of the root mass. I always assumed this would stunt growth too much for it to be beneficial. But cloning, on the other hand, is quick and easy once you've done it a couple of times, and can produce some fantastic yields.

[klondike_bar]

you can reveg, but itll just add some time to em. if you want, you can pollinate one with a prized male...