Can cuttings be stored in the freezer ??

[jaimepagan]

I have an excellent mother plant that I want to harvest and would like to take cuttings from, for cloning at some future date, while I experiment with other strains.

Question: If I store them in the freezer, will they go into a state of suspended-animation (like other plants do in the winter), or will the process of freezing actually destroy the tissues or otherwise render the plant incapable of regeneration when thawed & planted ??

 

[Dwezelitsame]

i dont know but i dont think so

 

[choempi]

refrigerater for a week or 2, but freezer no

 

[Jakeyjake]

I have read you do NOT want to freeze them. But you fill a zip-lock baggy half full of water, get the "thickest" cuttings u can grab, Put them in the crisper( bottem drawer in the FRIDGE). i heard you can keep em in there up to 6 weeks, but dont quote me on that.

Good Luck

~jake~

 

[Grumpy Old Dreamer]

When thawed your cuttings will turn to "mush", freezing destroys the cell structure.

 

[Japanfreak]

What they say

 

[jrinlv]

you can keep clones in the fridge but not the freezer. I have kept clones alive for months (2) in a fridge, FYI. and they rooted super fast for me...Good luck JR

 

[anonymuss]

What they say

u gained 100 posts since i went to bed last night

 

[poundsmoker]

This is a very interesting topic i'd love to do a bit of experimenting when my girls are ready for some cuttings to be taken

 

[jaimepagan]

When thawed your cuttings will turn to "mush", freezing destroys the cell structure.

Would there still be viable genetic material that a rooting compound or cube could propagate ??

 

[andrewgc420]

If you put them healthy and damp into a a ziplock and vent and blow up everyday they will stay good for months .

 

[frmrboi]

Would there still be viable genetic material that a rooting compound or cube could propagate ??

absolutely not, the cell walls will all be burst killing it. Even seeds can be destroyed freezing them if they aren't dehydrated first.

 

[Japanfreak]

There is a new kind of freezer here in Japan that users magnets or something that prevents crystals or something from happening, anyway they can freeze shit for months and it's as good as fresh. Only used in restaurants and prolly costs something like 100k but in the future who knows, we might be able to freeze clones forever.

 

[*BUDS]

I have an excellent mother plant that I want to harvest and would like to take cuttings from, for cloning at some future date, while I experiment with other strains.

Question: If I store them in the freezer, will they go into a state of suspended-animation (like other plants do in the winter), or will the process of freezing actually destroy the tissues or otherwise render the plant incapable of regeneration when thawed & planted ??

u may have watched too many sci-fic movies. just a little frost can kill a plant, so how can it survive -25c for 2 weeks? no