massproducer
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Okay I am now going to explain my very controversial method of perpetual harvesting using clones from a flowering plant.
Now unless you understand the process and have a veg box and about 2 weeks to spare just take cuttings from your vegging plant, as they will not have to revert back to veg growth...But, and there is a big but, I have found that taking clones from a plant that is in full bloom very beneficial.
The main benefits i see are excellerated root growth and extreme branching. I first have to dispell the myth that cuttings from a flowering plant are harder to root... This is not true, they are actually easier to root because of the lower levels of N and the higher levels of P and K, which are booth used to build strong roots, which N which is abundant in veg actually inhibits root growth.
The problem is that after they root they then need to revert back to veg growth, which usually takes a week or so. but in this week or so beautiful things are happening. While your plant reverts and turns its existing buds into leaves and branches the roots continue to grow and explode. This keeps my plants vegatation in a kind of stasis. In about a week or two you see new vegatative growth, that just seems to explode, because it already has a nice root system built. I usually wait until I see some single bladed leaves emerage to give it any real N, which again helps then build a strong root system, but once they get the N, they literally explode with branching. It is funny because most times a clone will never be as bushy as its seed mother/donor was, unless you use a reverted clone.
This is similar to revegging your plant after a harvest but is much easier and faster.
I am trying to take some pics of the internode distance and branching but it is hard because my lights are on.
Also this allows me to only use a mid sized rubbermaid lined with panda film as my veg room.
Caution: your plants new growth will look very weird, putting out 1 blade leaves for a while, but this is totally normal, and IMHO is pretty cool to watch. Even already formed preflowers will unroll and try to become leaves.
Now unless you understand the process and have a veg box and about 2 weeks to spare just take cuttings from your vegging plant, as they will not have to revert back to veg growth...But, and there is a big but, I have found that taking clones from a plant that is in full bloom very beneficial.
The main benefits i see are excellerated root growth and extreme branching. I first have to dispell the myth that cuttings from a flowering plant are harder to root... This is not true, they are actually easier to root because of the lower levels of N and the higher levels of P and K, which are booth used to build strong roots, which N which is abundant in veg actually inhibits root growth.
The problem is that after they root they then need to revert back to veg growth, which usually takes a week or so. but in this week or so beautiful things are happening. While your plant reverts and turns its existing buds into leaves and branches the roots continue to grow and explode. This keeps my plants vegatation in a kind of stasis. In about a week or two you see new vegatative growth, that just seems to explode, because it already has a nice root system built. I usually wait until I see some single bladed leaves emerage to give it any real N, which again helps then build a strong root system, but once they get the N, they literally explode with branching. It is funny because most times a clone will never be as bushy as its seed mother/donor was, unless you use a reverted clone.
This is similar to revegging your plant after a harvest but is much easier and faster.
I am trying to take some pics of the internode distance and branching but it is hard because my lights are on.
Also this allows me to only use a mid sized rubbermaid lined with panda film as my veg room.
Caution: your plants new growth will look very weird, putting out 1 blade leaves for a while, but this is totally normal, and IMHO is pretty cool to watch. Even already formed preflowers will unroll and try to become leaves.