Quote Originally Posted by doctor G
EXPRIENCE says REVEG REVEG REVEG I have re vegitated individual plants for 3 years. No loss of quality or quantity. You want to the FASTEST and BEST way to grow? REVEG. Don't waste your time with clones. Grow, flower and reveg go to www.growweed.com for the best book on the subject ever written. I can tell you personally, reveg. It increased my production by 300 % think about it. Cloning, wait for two to three weeks to see if it grew roots. Cut 70% of the plant, reset the lights to 20/4 for 7 days and then go back to 12/12. Why waste time with clones? screw CLONES!!! REVEGITATE! Don't listen to the ignorant. You know the quality of the plant? REVEGITATE! NO loss of production, no wasted time, GROW GROW GROW. The roots take up nutrients, the roots store energy , the roots keep the plant alive. Save 30% of the leaves and reset the lights. GROW GROW GROW!
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Doctor G
I'm sorry man..but my experience (going on 23 years now) says re-vegging is not the best way to do things..
When I re-vegged my plants I saw that they took longer to come back into veg and eventually peaked in potency and declined to the point of the plants being useless..
No offence..but cannabis is an annual..in nature it is pollinated and produces seed..
When you cut a plant back and force it to re-veg you also force it to grow more roots and produce branches that are hardy enough to support good quality flowers..contrary to your calls for re-vegging it's just NOT a good idea!
Also..if you HAVE been doing it for years you would know that the plants eventually lose vigor..become sickly..and die!
Or..they become so desperate to re-produce that they pop a few male flowers out in an attempt to pollinate themselves..
However..when you keep mothers and take clones you are not taking the mother out of veg..and it's less stressed and has a chance to grow more potent as time passes..
Your timetable is askew as well..my mothers were the best of the batch..they produce rooted clones in 7-10 days..and in 14-20 days from being cut they are ready to be flowered!
And even though I tend to grow in larger pots (10 to 12 inch) I would have to increase the size of my pots to accomodate re-vegged females..as I said..new growth co-relates to new root growth..
I am switching to a flood table soon..in 4 inch rockwool cubes..imagine trying to re-veg them?
Now consider this..I harvest and re-plant on the same day..my plants are finished in 10 weeks..assuming you are flowering for 8 weeks you would have to be losing time re-vegging..I know my plants took longer than 2 weeks to come out of flower..and for the calyxes to convert to new shoots!

And while cloning is a common practice in horticulture to asexually propegate plants..re-vegging is unique to the folks who grow marijuana..
If you have no alternative..if you cannot PROPERLY select the best mothers or don't have the space for them..then it's fine for a second crop..but even then you can expect your yield to decrease..
And really the bottom line is this..if that's how you wanna do things..be my guest..but don't imply people are ignorant because they disagree with you..that's just rude when you have no idea who I am or what I have done..
Now you have made a claim of a 300% increase in yield..I invite you to show some proof of this claim..show us how you accomplished this incredible feat..
In the mean time I will do what I do..I'll dig up evidence to support my position from a credible source...
And for everyone else..as I said..it may be what you like to do..but I don't think it's the best route to take..
Johnny
Johnny Hempseed Reviewed by Johnny Hempseed on . Return a harvested plant to veg? Comments? Hey all, I've been growing from seed (bagseed from someone whose friend grows Sweet Tooth and Strawberry Cough... could I be so lucky?) and am almost finished up with my first grow. There are a couple beautiful standouts in the crop that I would love to revert to veg and turn into mothers; however, I've read that by allowing a plant to complete its flowering cycle and then putting it back in veg can reduce its genetic integrity and potency. Is this something any of you have done, and with Rating: 5