Graft flowering stem onto root stock

Master grower responders only!

if you was to graft the stem of a flowering stem onto a vegetative growth root ball, how would the states work out? What week is the optimal week of flowers to do the transfer? Imagine a vigorously growing huge fresh rootball. Where do the hormones change? The roots or top?

SnidleyBluntash said:

Master grower responders only!

if you was to graft the stem of a flowering stem onto a vegetative growth root ball, how would the states work out? What week is the optimal week of flowers to do the transfer? Imagine a vigorously growing huge fresh rootball. Where do the hormones change? The roots or top?

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Being a photoperiod plant, the hormonal changes are driven by light, so that pretty much rules out the roots. Not sure why you’d want to graft a bud to rootstock, what’s the point? Wouldn’t it be easier to just grow a plant with good roots and nice buds, why cut them off to graft to a different rootstock? ? Plus the failure rate of grafts can be pretty high.

Plants distinguish different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth



"Plants detect two different daylengths to control seasonal flowering and growth.
In natural day cycles, photoperiodic flowering and photoperiodic growth operate through different measuring systems. Photoperiodic flowering detects an “absolute” photoperiod that is sensed by photoreceptors activated at low light intensities. For flowering during long-day seasons, the photoperiod extends into the light-sensitive portion of the day, which activates expression of the florigen gene (FT) to promote flowering. Photoperiodic growth detects the photosynthetic period, which is defined as the duration of time that light is above the photosynthetic compensation point. For growth during long-day seasons, the photosynthetic period extends into the light-sensitive portion of the day, activating MYO-INOSITOL-1-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 1 (MIPS1) expression to support rapid growth. Hence, parallel photoperiod measurement systems allow different photoperiodic processes to be coordinated independently across the year."