Outdoor re veg ideas?

Hey guys, so I've had a traumatic first Guerilla grow, slugs, rabbits, everything could've gone wrong did go wrong, and thanks to members here, catching bud rot early!
So now I'm left with some low yielding but beautiful plants, and because I'm the type that grows attached I'd love to preserve them by re vegging. Time isn't an issue as I've got an indoor tent and I'd love to plant them back early next year but with much better prep!

So I'm probably not long from harvest at all. I'm thinking this:

1. Do I air layer my branches? Will this affect the plants finishing/flowering phase?

2. Do I chop them and put them in rooting gel & powder, bring them indoors on a 20/4 schedule and just harvest the top 3/4's

3. Don't bother at all.

I'll be honest it's more of a "can I do it" than I "should I do it" - i just want to learn and try as many growing techniques as possible.
I'm eager .

Let me know what you think!

So this is my small clone from the mother which was completely obliterated by rabbits.. Hence it being so small, but I chopped the top bud off and got rid of the budrot, as you can see there's not much left.. So a contender as its not a big loss..

This is my "bush". I could air layer one or a few of these, or chop at the bottom, root it, harvest the top biggest buds and hope to get some new growth from the small airy ones. i think this one will be done outdoors this week anyways.

Side view of my bush this one was almost completely devoured, I'll post it if you're interested, it went from 2 tiny leaves to this in 2 months, a shame really, it also fell on its side and monster cropped itself (or is it super crop?) hence the 5/6 tops.

Humidity hit 87% today, maybe I should pull them now? I'm not sure how much they can take?!

If you're thinking of cutting them then I'd say they look done enough. If you wanted to try revegging them then I would personally cut them out of the ground, put them in a pot indoors under 20+ hours of light with some new dirt around the dirt ball and remove all but a couple bottom bud sites. I haven't tried this yet, that's just what I would try.

rikdabrick said:

If you're thinking of cutting them then I'd say they look done enough. If you wanted to try revegging them then I would personally cut them out of the ground, put them in a pot indoors under 20+ hours of light with some new dirt around the dirt ball and remove all but a couple bottom bud sites. I haven't tried this yet, that's just what I would try.

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I did wonder about that, I think that would be a lot of digging I reckon the roots are huge! Just because they've been in the ground for roughly 4-5 months, then they got eaten. I reckon the root ball was probably the only reason it managed to survive!

Your grow sounds like mine this year,fought rabbits,chickens(mine) worms powdery mildew etc.At this point,what have you got to loose,give it a try and see what happens. Good Luck either way.

JDMase said:

I did wonder about that, I think that would be a lot of digging I reckon the roots are huge! Just because they've been in the ground for roughly 4-5 months, then they got eaten. I reckon the root ball was probably the only reason it managed to survive!

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I would cut right through the root ball making it the size of a 2 or 3 gallon pot and putting it in a bigger pot with some new dirt surrounding the root ball. Some people do the same thing with mother plants when they get too root bound.

rikdabrick said:

I would cut right through the root ball making it the size of a 2 or 3 gallon pot and putting it in a bigger pot with some new dirt surrounding the root ball. Some people do the same thing with mother plants when they get too root bound.

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I saw a guy do that on a YouTube video and his plant died from shock, I'm not sure I would want to do that, I feel like taking cuttings then cloning would be less stressful? Not sure though..

Has anyone taken clones from late stage flowering plants with success?
Cutting, rooting, putting under 20/4 HPS 600w lights?

You could try a temporary enclosure with lights to get her to reveg outside. Then air layer from that. A trashcan with a few CFLs per plant would be sufficient to get it going. Heat would also generate if you are somewhere cold

ILLwannabe said:

You could try a temporary enclosure with lights to get her to reveg outside. Then air layer from that. A trashcan with a few CFLs per plant would be sufficient to get it going. Heat would also generate if you are somewhere cold

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I did think about that, except it's a UK Guerilla grow so no power unfortunately

JDMase said:

I saw a guy do that on a YouTube video and his plant died from shock, I'm not sure I would want to do that, I feel like taking cuttings then cloning would be less stressful? Not sure though..

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I'm not sure my suggestion would work, it's just what I would try in your situation. I don't think your chances of getting that plant to clone and reveg are likely anyway considering how far along your plant is. I've cloned pretty late in flower, but the plant hadn't started to fade yet like yours is. Maybe air layering is a decent bet? You can try and you'll figure it out pretty quick

I'm gonna try an air later but chop the top buds, I'll leave it as long as possible

Sup man nice pics. loving those purple colors, what strain is it if you dont mind me asking. I took a clone from my flowering kerala krush i got growing outback and put it in a cup of water for like 2 weeks almost, and it grew tiny little microscopic roots, at that point i had got some sample size clonex from the hydro store and gave it a dunk, then transferred over to a cup with some nice peat moss soil mix and shes growing well now. the one thing that is weird thou is that its so small and flowering since my light schedule outdoors is at the 12/12 mark.

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All you really need to do if you plan on bringing them inside is leave just a few small lower buds,dig a rootball so you can put it into a pot then put under 20/4 lights...That being said, the biggest problem you face is bringing in mites and disease, as for the mites what I do is make a tobacco solution and spray at first sign of regrowth...it's much easier when the plants are small