Greenthumb, interesting thoughts. You probably read through this thread enough to realize that I know almost nothing about grafting, so can't really expand on the ideas much at the moment. People have definitely grafted female cannabis on to male rootstocks. I'm not sure why, I wasn't paying much attention when I read the info, but I think they were implying there may be some advantages to it. I can't imagine what.
Komatchi who sometimes comes and goes here knows far more about grafting than I do. The most I've seen of it has been multiple varieties of cherries on the same tree, or multiple apple varieties on one.
My three sativa graft is doing well. I'm almost done creating a second one as backup. Had a bit of a 'oh shit' moment when I found out that the Panama strain, which is the rootstock, is a heavy feeder and actually needs twice as much food as the Malawi and the Thai that I grafted on to it. The Panama is a new strain for me and I'd mistakenly assumed that it would have roughly the same needs as the other sativas I've grown, which have all been pretty similar.
However, I've been told by someone with a bit of grafting experience that it should be ok, and the plant will mainly be driven by the needs of the rootstock and conform somewhat to its habits. Whew.
This person also talked a bit about the idea of 'genetic mingling' or however you want to put it, between the strains. He said that no genetics are actually exchanged, it's more of a temporary influence. Pollinate one of the strains and the seeds would contain the same genetics as if the plant wasn't grafted. Take a clone of one of the strains and it will grow up to be a normal plant of that strain.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear that there's hope for these strains with very different needs to live on the same stem. Thought I was in trouble there for a while.
Komatchi who sometimes comes and goes here knows far more about grafting than I do. The most I've seen of it has been multiple varieties of cherries on the same tree, or multiple apple varieties on one.
My three sativa graft is doing well. I'm almost done creating a second one as backup. Had a bit of a 'oh shit' moment when I found out that the Panama strain, which is the rootstock, is a heavy feeder and actually needs twice as much food as the Malawi and the Thai that I grafted on to it. The Panama is a new strain for me and I'd mistakenly assumed that it would have roughly the same needs as the other sativas I've grown, which have all been pretty similar.
However, I've been told by someone with a bit of grafting experience that it should be ok, and the plant will mainly be driven by the needs of the rootstock and conform somewhat to its habits. Whew.
This person also talked a bit about the idea of 'genetic mingling' or however you want to put it, between the strains. He said that no genetics are actually exchanged, it's more of a temporary influence. Pollinate one of the strains and the seeds would contain the same genetics as if the plant wasn't grafted. Take a clone of one of the strains and it will grow up to be a normal plant of that strain.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear that there's hope for these strains with very different needs to live on the same stem. Thought I was in trouble there for a while.
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