Grafting two cannabis strains - Page 6

yayo elite · #51 06-05-2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by marijuanajoe1982

-I believe this guy talking about the bonsai techniques does know what he is talking about. It would be possible, but the grafted plants never share any genetic material or DNA. Also, you cant just graft a cannabis plant to a douglas fir, you have to graft it with something compatible. certain plants can be grafted together and its usually because they are related in some way, however distant.
-For the idea of the multiple strain mother I think that would be neat, if you could get it to work it would be a space saver. The only thing i would worry about would be slicing all my mother plants in half. If your 'experiment' didn't work, well, I hope you took some clones before you tried this out. There wouldn't be anything particularly special about the buds from this plant or the clones produced by the indivudual grafted sections. This method would basically only be necessary if you needed a couple mother plants and only had room for one, and even then, the risk of killing off your mother plants. If you are not a professional there is always that chance. Be careful

so lets say im trying to create a hybrid, and my first couple of plants didnt turn out so well, that is the seeds i extract from the cross pollinized buds, could i use the mother plant and graft my offspring onto it, and just keep inbreeding the buds? that is to say would i be able to continue the hybriding technique on the same plant, or would i have to just repeat with all the offspring until i was satisfied with my results

blackcoupe01 · #52 07-18-2008, 06:38 PM

Im still trying to find some good info on grafting cannabis. Has anyone found anything? Im def giving it a go but want to do more research first

firebullet · #53 07-19-2008, 03:37 PM

FDD do you put anything under the tape or just straight to the plant? I think I'm going to try this but I think a wet paper towel under the tape might help keep it moist..

I have six strains going it would be nice to make one large mother.

blackcoupe01 · #54 07-19-2008, 04:44 PM

I stepped on a nail on a jobsite once, wraped it in electrical tape and later the Dr. told me not to do that because the adhesive on electrical tape causes infection. So I wouldnt use it on a plant.

sidngroovennude · #55 07-19-2008, 05:23 PM

to all the so called experts on grafting hops to ganja it can be done and it is done commercialy here in tasmania they make hemp beer down here and if hemp can graft then so can ganja they have even done behind closed doors experiments into this kind of thing with 100% success but because of legal matters this was never published so before you jump on with your know-it-all attitude telling people it cant be done read the facts from the people who can do it not the lies from the people who cant.

kindprincess · #56 07-19-2008, 05:50 PM

i'm going to be trying this, i've never really considered it before....

i have a collection of cacti grafts of various species. i graft cacti for several reasons, often a species is intolerant of water and the rainy seasons here, and will rot outdoors. grafting to a water hardy stock solves the problem. another example is smaller slower growing species that take 20 years to become noticeable sized can achieve the same size in three years on a fast growing stock. with cacti, humidity is key as the graft heals. i would assume the same for this, so a wrap of moist paper towels and saran may help, and a humidity bag would be needed i think...

another thing i think would be necessary (going on whim here, no research involved

) would be to line up the vascular bundles (the water pipes). if there is no connection, there is no transfer of fluid, and the scion dies...

ok, going to see what i have to work with in my run down mite infested basement....

blackcoupe01 · #57 07-20-2008, 06:10 AM

Id love to see someone here have a successful run at grafting. Hopefully before I decide to do it so I can learn from their mistakes. Actually, I would have already tried it if my plants were older but I think FDD's right about the size. Plus I dont want to go cutting up my ice without some more knowledge on the subject and all my bagseed plants that I wouldnt mind cutting up are already flowering so Id rather just let em finish. I suppose I could try on my male plant first.