grafting cuttings to adult plants????????

i just read some shit about "grafting" where you can attach a cutting to an adult plant, so does this mean you could grow and finish some plants and when they have been chopped you could insert a cutting into the stump and it would take strait to that??

im just thinking imagine what veg growth would be like if a cutting had an adult root mass????

or am i bein a twat im not a newbie like just never seen anything about grafting untill today!!

You are absolutely right, about grafting. Yes, you can take a younger cutting, attach it to an adult rootball, and have a plant with a killer root system, prematurely. The catch, is that the cutting has to be similar in diameter, to the stump, or they'll have trouble grafting to each other, or take a long time, in doing so.

has anyone tried this and finished a plant? i bet you would have to re-pot loads tho as the pots would be already pretty full before you even start eh?

lefreq said:

has anyone tried this and finished a plant? i bet you would have to re-pot loads tho as the pots would be already pretty full before you even start eh?

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Nah, I never tried it, myself. But, I would think that the roots really wouldn't get much larger, until the grafted foliage catches up. That accelerated growth, is the benefit you'd be seeking, going this route. It saves the time of building those roots, focusing energy primarily on growth of foliage. Logic tells me that the roots won't take off again, until the graft is about the same size as the original plant, it's replacing. Like the say, what you see above ground, is directly proportional to the rootmass, below. So, if that equilibrium is off, the roots won't start growing again(normally) until the above ground growth, catches up. Sound about right?

yeah that sounds pretty logical. this has quite interested me now! i have a cheesus plant that has 4 main colas so when its finished i could chop and in each of the 4 stems i could insert a different strain for each one so basically 1 plant 4 strains and keep for a mother each time i get a new strain just graft it and ill end up with some super plant with loadsa diff strains attatched??????

this has quite interested me now!

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Me too, actually. Even though I don't plan to try it, anytime soon, I'm wondering if the rootmass of the flowering plant, will remain in flowering mode, biologically, and have to revert back to veg, after the 'above ground' flowering section has been removed? Hmm....interesting....

I have grafted cacti. Where a slow growing species is grafted to a faster growing scion - the aim being to make the slower growing stock mature and flower earlier.

But what would be the advantage in grafting MJ? I can see no advantage over simple cloning.

you got the right idea. my grandfater used grafting to grow 3 or 4 different types of apples on one tree, even some pears. So i would think that it would also work for marajuana. but im not totaly sure if you can 'restart' a plant that has been cut down too much. my vote? experament on a test plant. maybe youll make some kick ass mother plant..

I would love to see somebody actually do it, just for the sake of experimenting.

Spanishfly said:

I have grafted cacti. Where a slow growing species is grafted to a faster growing scion - the aim being to make the slower growing stock mature and flower earlier.

But what would be the advantage in grafting MJ? I can see no advantage over simple cloning.

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Imagine a plant that has an amazing root system, that you grafted four or so cuttings to of different varieties. So now you have a plant with one fantastic rootstock and it's growing different strains on the topside. What a perfect mother plant!! Just tag the arms with what they are an clone away once the grafts take and growth is vigorous.

Spanishfly said:

But what would be the advantage in grafting MJ? I can see no advantage over simple cloning.

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I can't see it either, except for the sake of experimenting. I just found it to be an interesting concept, athough I have no intention of trying it.

i might just give it a whirl and see how many different cheeses i can get on one plant and call it frankenstien cheese haha