Graft Grow

Hello every one,
This is one I'm exited about so I'm using it as my first Grow Journal!
Inside the first 3 days of turning my plants to 12-12 cycle I noticed 2 male plants (a sativa dominant and a indica dominant), to give them a purpose I decided to use the as rootstock.

I collected 2 similar scions (small ones from the lower branches that wouldn't become more than popcorns anyway) from one sativa dominant plant and grafted them to the rootsock.

For reasons I'm yet to clarify or maybe by just pure chance the one grafted to the indica rootstock is doing amazing! Today I noticed new growth! This will be the plant I will do a journal about.



Maybe next time I'll pick a scion better suited for the root size, as for now I'm pretty glad that the energy I spent to grow males is at least partially being useful.

Too bad I don't have the conditions to put him/her back to veg.

Until next time,

Haja saúde!

grafting is cool but why the leaf mutilation, thats just cruel man

chemphlegm said:

grafting is cool but why the leaf mutilation, thats just cruel man

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Less leaf surface for the scion to lose water from

TheAzorean said:

Less leaf surface for the scion to lose water from

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just cruel

chemphlegm said:

just cruel

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This is the way I was taught to graft, less leave surface to lose moisture from means more time for the graft to settle before it can start recieving it from the rootstock. Most people also use this technique when taking clones.
Do you think this is not needed or why do you just keep saying it's just cruel? Please elaborate

TheAzorean said:

This is the way I was taught to graft, less leave surface to lose moisture from means more time for the graft to settle before it can start recieving it from the rootstock. Most people also use this technique when taking clones.
Do you think this is not needed or why do you just keep saying it's just cruel? Please elaborate

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I've never mutilated leaves for a successful graft or clone, so I believe it is not necessary yes. but no worries, I give the clone leaf mutilators a hard time too. Do what works, graft appears to be thriving.
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chemphlegm said:

I've never mutilated leaves for a successful graft or clone, so I believe it is not necessary yes. but no worries, I give the clone leaf mutilators a hard time too. Do what works, graft appears to be thriving.
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Do you think it makes the plant react faster after the shock or is it about the same? If the success rate is the same I only see advantages in keeping the leaves undisturbed and am willing to leave my barbaric ways behind eheh

TheAzorean said:

Do you think it makes the plant react faster after the shock or is it about the same? If the success rate is the same I only see advantages in keeping the leaves undisturbed and am willing to leave my barbaric ways behind eheh

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I never saw an advantage to cutting the leaves, but if it is working for you dont change a thing. too many variables in everybody's grow spaces for me to be sure about these things.

chemphlegm said:

I never saw an advantage to cutting the leaves, but if it is working for you dont change a thing. too many variables in everybody's grow spaces for me to be sure about these things.

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To other plants I really think there is an advantage but this is my first time grafting the sweet herb so I really can't tell