total newbie question....what happens afta afta?

[bobsakamoto]

alltat, thank you!! that was very helpful. so the answer to my question is, the plant will continue to live unless i kill it on purpose? right?

i've been thinking of the way genetics is preserved analogously in horse breeding. so i think i'm gonna retire my plants to "sire" or else johnny hempseed them somewhere and hope they make it, let nature decide their fate.....

[alltatup]

Here's an interesting read on re-vegging a plant for a second harvest:

http://www.growweedeasy.com/re-veg-monstercropping#re-harvest-cannabis-plant

[growingforanxiety]

so are "mother" plants plants that are kept alive indefinitely to maintain the genetic strain?

yea i have a skywalker mother plant that was one 5 clones i got from a friend when i started growing 3 years ago...

[bobsakamoto]

gottdang DUDE, thank you! that was exactly the missing piece i couldn't figure out. everything i read makes so much more sense now!!!!!

[South Sierra Dude]

I've never cloned a plant. But by definition a plant is a mother once you take a cell from her and reproduce another cell via mitosis with that child cell. The fate of the mother does not change it. Take one clone once once or take hundreds overtime it's still mother.

[bobsakamoto]

so are "mother" plants plants that are kept alive indefinitely to maintain the genetic strain?

[South Sierra Dude]

Off hand no I don't. I'd bet it"s longer than clone/replant or it would be more popular.

[insomniaczzz]

Thanks for the correction. Do you know how long it would take to reveg and reap another harvest? Can you get as much as first harvest?

[DW2]

You can let the stems cure, grind them up, and extract the resins from the plant (using your favorite method) and have yourself a nice 'tea' or hash. The stems and twigs have useful stuff in them, just not as concentrated as the buds. In sparse times past, I have been known to actually smoke them, very harsh indeed, but, effective none the less.

[bobsakamoto]

thanks, karlee. yep, hemp usta be US biggest cash crop bc of its incredible hardiness and versatility. and then yes, we have good ol' mr. anslinger to thank for that. he is almost singlehandedly responsible for the prohibition of marijuana in the US. really shows you what one crazily driven singleminded obsession can accomplish in this world.

fun fact: in my state, marijuana is BOTH illegal to grow, sell, use, etc, and YET is also taxed...god bless the USA (lee greenwood voice) (preemptive <--this is a joke. it is only a joke. if used in any other way than its intended usage, provider is not responsible for user outcome.)

[Karlee]

Hi Bobs

125 years ago, 70 to 90 percent of all rope, twine, cordage, ship sails, canvas, fibre, cloth, etc., was made out of hemp fibre. It was replaced by Dupont’s then newly discovered petrochemical fibre (nylon) .
beginning in 1937.
It was banned in the USA under the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. In a blatant case of mistaken identity, industrial hemp was banned along with it. so we live with inferior products today so the rich could get richer.

I'm still reading through literature on making salves and anything I can with the stems. Medicinally they have taken a powerful healing agent away from us , the old days it was Tincture (the green dragon) they sold it to everyone for pain to headaches because it worked on everything.

[William and Sue Ashley]

The Strong Survive......

[South Sierra Dude]

Chop sticks, hair accessory, etc

[Flockshot]

I would like to save the stem fibers and use them to make cordage. Then use that cordage to braid a duck call lanyard. Just some of the stuff I think about when a little high.

[South Sierra Dude]

No. Insomniac is simply mistaken. Reveg is possible just not popular.