Re-veging problem

[deserthealer]

hey there, can someone with some experience advise me, please? I dug up my outdoor plants after harvesting their crop, and moved them indoors under lights. Rather than switch them directly from natural daylight to 24 hour lights on, I increased the hours of light over a couple weeks, and just bumped them all the way up to 24 hours several days ago. I'm seeing a little bit of growth, but it seems like the plants are still trying to produce more buds, rather than revert to vegetative growth. I had picked off all the buds, but that's still what is growing back. Do I continue to pick off the buds that form? I'm afraid that the plant will just give up and die, if I do that. I'm already concerned that one or two of the plants may have decided to quit on me.

Suggestions, anyone? Please and thanks!

deserthealer Reviewed by deserthealer on 11-06-2010. Re-veging problem hey there, can someone with some experience advise me, please? I dug up my outdoor plants after harvesting their crop, and moved them indoors under lights. Rather than switch them directly from natural daylight to 24 hour lights on, I increased the hours of light over a couple weeks, and just bumped them all the way up to 24 hours several days ago. I'm seeing a little bit of growth, but it seems like the plants are still trying to produce more buds, rather than revert to vegetative growth. I Rating: 5

[MadSativa]

it takes a while to re veg sometimes a month, but just leave the flowers on there that means its alive, but keep you light cycle on 24 hours is the important thing, In the past reveging has been a wast of time for me, but I have seen it work many times, are you trying to get some male pollen or are you trying to get it to re bud?

[deserthealer]

I would like for her to be a mother. I don't know the genetics of this, it was "bagweed" but - omg - it is so fine. I'd like to be able to get some clones from her, and regrow her too, if possible.

[bobjob4u]

i think your main problem would be with the root system itself. When you take a older mature plant and remove it from the ground. It may shock em to death. I know you never want to transplant or disturb a plants roots late into flowering. They should start to re-veg on 24 hours of light. If they survive being torn from mother earth to be planted inside. One or even a few seeds would of been a better option. Or maybe next season grow outside in a container you can move indoors or that you can transplant with little damage to roots

[Rusty Trichome]

I've successfully re-vegged a couple of times, (perhaps 50...75 times...? perhaps more, IDK)

Put 'em on 18/6 under proper lighting, flush well to remove the flowering nutrients remaining in the soil, put 'em on growth nutrients, leave anything that grows alone, and if you want more info, there's a link in my signature detailing the bonsai-style root pruning and re-vegging process. Damn near foolproof. :thumbsup:

[GaGrown]

I'm on my 3rd re-veg with the same Big Bud plants. Thanks to Rusty,everythang worked out 1st try. That 18/6 or 16/8,seems to be the best two cycles for re-veg. You should have double the number of shoots per plant. Giving you more cuttings than you can take care of..

"Damn near fool-proof!" as Rusty puts it!:thumbsup:

[deserthealer]

Thanks so much for the feedback!!!

Rusty, I have read your bonsai technique, that's what gave me the encouragement to go ahead and try this. Think I'll just give it another read.... :thumbsup:

[MadSativa]

definitely I agree flush and use the grow nutes, if its in doors I would use your HPS light for 24 hours on it (MH are a waste it is turning out), and then take clones off of the new growth and use those for mothers or mother. but either way sounds like the plant is alive and on its way good luck. if you have any root stimulator I would use that if not it is ok, but even some super thrive would do some good in their.

[Rusty Trichome]

I've tried both, 18/6 and 24/0 schedules. Under no circumstances has the 24/0 lighting even come close to the growth, strength and health of clones from the same batch under 18/6.
Does a 24/0 schedule work...? Sure...but it doesn't work best, IMHO.

[deserthealer]

24/0 doesn't feel right. I'll cut back down to 18/6. Hope that doesn't cause its own issues...