Rusty's Bonsai Downsizing...

[scagster]

pix are working now :thumbsup:

[texas grass]

Can't wait to try this with the C-99 x Sweet Tooth I just put into the flowering room.

are you talking about bogs sc99 if so then i have 2 that sprouted and looking decent

i have never tried to bonsai or reveg but sometime this week im goin to bonsai some plants and get some good mothers going.

your reveg looks great for everything the plant went through, but i would think it would be more economical to bonsai the mom and take abunch of clones to flower, can have em ready in almost 3 weeks to be flowered and once the mom is old enough you wont have a problem on getting alot of clones

you can also trim the roots of the mom and keep her in smaller pots with good success

mums
heres the origional poster from og

International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - ALL ABOUT BONSAI MOMS/MUMS
heres an updated version with alittle more info

[Rusty Trichome]

Guess this grow log is cancelled...

http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...e-matters.html

Texas...Thanks for the links, but been there already. Also...my C-99 x Sweet Toots is from a few years ago, so I kinda doubt it's the same. One of my favorites, tho.

[Rusty Trichome]

Well, it seems I have two survivors from the cold-room incident. (heater had quit, thought I had lost all plants to the cold)
One survivor was a Swazi, the other is the Diesel I had chopped to downsize for this project.
After cutting off the soggy shoots, I just left them in the flower room. The rest of the plant has perked back up. I check daily for nanners, but have found none yet. Possible stunting, but is normally a short plant anyway, lol.


First pix is the Diesel from the top.
Second pix is of the plants base. It had an unusual one to begin with, just to show it's the same plant.

[Rusty Trichome]

Here's a couple of shots of the flower room...

First pix...just above the lights. The 2x4 'hangers' are about 3' long, and anchored to the horiz. board along the back wall. The 2x4's pivot freely, and can be un-screwed from the pivot-point, and slide left and right. 7' or so of headroom. Up to 7' wide, if I wanted.

Second pix...the grow area and a few 3 gallon plants waiting to be sexed.

[SnSstealth]

rusty....i am tryin bonsai moms next crop...same thing you did, you wanna cut root ball after every clone chop, and with some topping, a 18 in bonsai can have 20-30 clones on it...good idea, slightly differant than yours, but keep tweaking, never thought to reveg.....you sadist you....
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

[essencevfx]

I love bonzai art, have done it for a long time, Im definatly going to try this with my mothers

Thanks !

[Rusty Trichome]

Adds an extra dimension to our hobby. :jointsmile:

[Rusty Trichome]

A quick update...

I have found this method to be quite reliable, and well worth the effort. Had one failure, but that was due to me seeing just how much you can remove from the foliage before it's too much.

As long as there are active internode sites with green leaves, even if very small, it'll grow. But there must be SOMETHING there to convert the sun's energy.

Conversely, I have found that it works best to remove as much of the budsites as possible, prior to re-vegging. My belief is that it's a hormone thing. If you don't remove the budsites, plant takes forever to start vegging again, and she will show signs of freaking-out. (an un-technical term for leaf weird-out syndrome)

Have been asked..."why not just take clones..."?
Well, I guess if you would rather have fresh-cut, unrooted clones, suceptible to stress, needing to be pampered and coddled...go for it. This ain't no sissy technique, lol. Technically, it's an 8" rooted clone from a plant that I've already seen is worthy of re-veg. If at some point I wish to do the clone mother thing, then yes, I do have that option. In abundance.

This Bonsai method:
Like getting the biggest, healthiest clone you've ever seen. Multiple budsites without further topping or fimming.
Plant starts her flowering stretch within a couple of days, not a couple of weeks.
It's an older plant from the word go, and she's dying to pump-out the buds.
No worries about lights too strong, or going overboard with the nutes. Stick with your regular veg schedule.
Were I inclined to SCROG, this is the technique I would definatelly apply.

Oh, BTW...Since starting this project in Jan, no hermies.

[SnSstealth]

good shit rusty....I am going to be bonsai-ing all my moms now...they are vegging now...few more days Ill start shaping em...thanks for posting your results!!!!
whiskeytango:thumbsup: