Grafting?

[LetsSeeYa]

While I'm sure there is some possibility of a genetic drift as shown in other plants during flowering and fruiting,.... I'm using it for a mother? Would the cuttings off of my mom incur any of the traits from either the host or the graft?

I can say with certainty that the host genetic hasn't been warped by the 2 (at the time of cutting clones) other strains that had been grafted! :hippy: :stoned:

I have my first AK-47 taken from the grafted mom in flower now. So far she is acting exactly like the original AK47 mom in every way. Need 8 more weeks to tell if there's any other differences! imp:

Dude im happy your making this work for ya man! Im sure its keeping your numbers down and strains in stock, which is what you were shooting for i thought. Very cool man, il bet this will catch on for people who need to keep that plant count just right on:hippy:


Great job bro:rasta:

[GaGrown]

How the hell I miss this? Dayammm! I musta been smokin'..Opps "Taken' medicine".. :jointsmile::thumbsup:

Dude I gotta catch up on all you've done!:thumbsup:

In amsterdam they are only allowed to have 5 plants,so they graft another strain to a mothers limb and another to another,so they have 5 per mother..Making 25 different strains and it's crosses.. 50 different breeds from 5 plants.. WILD!

[tikiroom]

:detective1:
Would it be possible to make a "breeding weed"?
Say I had a good female and male that I wanted to cross, but not enough room to flower both.
Could I graft a male cutting onto a female branch, and then flower just the one plant without any adverse effects?

It would be nice only having to care for one plant but getting a cross of the two out of it.

[bigsby]

I think this was discussed earlier in the thread. Innovative to be sure. Wouldn't there be hormonal issues as with all females?!

[canniwhatsis]

I think this was discussed earlier in the thread. Innovative to be sure. Wouldn't there be hormonal issues as with all females?!

:S2: Now that's funny stuff right there!!!!!! :rasta:



Tho to answer the question,...... refer to my sig line

[GaGrown]

:detective1:
Would it be possible to make a "breeding weed"?
Say I had a good female and male that I wanted to cross, but not enough room to flower both.
Could I graft a male cutting onto a female branch, and then flower just the one plant without any adverse effects?

It would be nice only having to care for one plant but getting a cross of the two out of it.

tiki,
If I was you I would grow the male out and collect the pollen and cross your strain that way.. Grafting is no form of breeding.. It's more preservation.

[canniwhatsis]

Good point GA. That would actually be the best way to do it.


BTW harvested pollen will keep up to 9 months when kept in the fridge.


So, Tiki.... Flower your male, collect the pollen and store it in a labeled vial (or bag) in the fridge. Then flower your female, and pollenate when you think your ready to do so! :jointsmile:



As for the actual question of grafting a male stalk to a female base,.... I don't see a reason it wouldn't work. Flowering hormones are still flowering hormones? :wtf:

But grafting is a bit of a PITA to breed some seeds when just flowering the male, then the female is SO much more viable. (tho a bit more time consuming)

[tikiroom]

This was more of just a random thought, and was curious how the different hormones would react.

Here lately whenever I'm :stoned: my mind just sits there pondering cannabis cultivation.
It is no lie that cannabis is not addictive, but growing it sure is. :thumbsup:

[canniwhatsis]

It is no lie that cannabis is not addictive, but growing it sure is. :thumbsup:

+1!!! :rastasmoke:


With any luck the new addition will be White Widow!

Did this the same as before, tho with the lessons learned from the Vannilluna graft I've got some better hopes.


Both the donor and host plants were watered just about an hour before the cutting began, both "weeped" sap from the cuts (even the graft had a little drop of sap on the bottom before I shaved the sides)

I"m using a ziploc freezer bag as a humidity dome (works a HELL of a lot better than a regular sandwich baggy! )

On the vannilluna graft, I used electrical tape to hold the graft in place,... worked great! Was tough as heck to get back off! So this time I'm trying blue painters tape.


Wish me luck! :hippy:

[canniwhatsis]

I'm thinking of using a ziptie to hold the wound closed, and wax to seal it up on my next attempt. :wtf:

The way I've been doing it the tape has been acting as the sealing agent (preventing O2 from getting to the wound and drying it out), and also holding the wound closed (mostly)

A Ziptie would be nice and secure and wax would be air tight,..... both would be removed once the graft had healed obviously! :stoned:

Anyone got any opinions on that idea?