stem cutting and grafting

so i had just started some seedlings...however due to laziness and time i neglected them and the stems stretched......

they were bound for 4" netpots......all was going well and i was mainling them. They continued to stretch however and i ended up with a bush atop a 1.5ft lollipopped.stem.

my solution has been to cut out a large part of the stem and attempt to reattach the head back onto the stem......

its been 3 days and tops are limp but not drying out under a 400w mh, wind etc so they must be getting some moisture??....

my question is can this be done, and if so is it so tramatic to a plant yield will suffer??

Pics?


https://www.rollitup.org/t/grafting-cannabis.233683/

You tripping. Just transplant and bury some of the trunk/stem. Doing this will also promote new root growth. Win-win

polo the don said:

You tripping. Just transplant and bury some of the trunk/stem. Doing this will also promote new root growth. Win-win

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i could not bury the stem it was 1.5foot from the net pot.

polo the don said:

You tripping. Just transplant and bury some of the trunk/stem. Doing this will also promote new root growth. Win-win

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in fact u clearly didn't read fuck all of my initail post....this section is for advanced growers not. Slap dash info pal.

polo the don said:

You tripping. Just transplant and bury some of the trunk/stem. Doing this will also promote new root growth. Win-win

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it says net pots, so hydro, so no transplant

Lemon king said:

in fact u clearly didn't read fuck all of my initail post....this section is for advanced growers not. Slap dash info pal.

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slap dash is a speciality here

Commander Strax said:

Pics?


https://www.rollitup.org/t/grafting-cannabis.233683/

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i cannot upload as im on my phone and it wont allow.....imagine a net pot with a long 1.5ft stem going straight out from the middle.....attop this stem is the 8 branches she has....

in order to shorten the plants i cut a large section of the stem out, cutting it at 45deg angels....

so i was left.with the 4" of stem poking out from the net pot, to this i placed the top section containg the 8 branches back and tapped it up as you would a supercrop that went to far.....

Lemon king said:

i could not bury the stem it was 1.5foot from the net pot.

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Yea, I was just re-reading the original post again. My bad. Damn indica during the daytime. So unusual for me,sativa only before 5pm. Anyway,wish I could help but never had a problem like that. One thing I can add is next time don't be so lazy it will always get you in the end.
Good luck my friend

It can be done check out "drafting of a plant" but 2-3 weeks can be added to your grow time

my thinking at the time was that the two parts would quickly seal themselves back together....but i can find no info on if this is even possible.....

as i say the tops haven't dried out yet, and seem very alive all be it limp.....very limp......just after thoughts on the matter as i may be better if just cloning the tops!!

harris hawk said:

It can be done check out "drafting of a plant" but 2-3 weeks can be added to your grow time

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yea in familiar with grafting.....but always one strain to another not the same plant back to itself..mmm.....if its adding 2weeks i think id rather clone the tops....safer

polo the don said:

, I was just re-reading the .. One thing I can add is next time don't be so lazy it will always get you in the end.
Good luck my friend

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this is very true.....

If you ever do i again I think that I would go with this method

Commander Strax said:

If you ever do i again I think that I would go with this method

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great handy piks there man.....half of me wants to put them in the cloner half of me wants to see it through....i feel possibly too much damage to recover from and still yield well??

I think if it is looking "well" I would leave it alone

how far into the mainlining are you??

8 tops.....deep.....

I am going to mainline my current grow.

how many weeks in before the first topping ?

theres picks of my work on the mainling thread here n there.....i let them go to 6 nodes and get well and truly in veg before topping Imo its better to wait till the plants established unless enviroments poifect ...i also use the lower branches as clones, these can also me mainlined as they keep even nodes......imo it doesn't work so well on clones or when nodes have started alternating....you don't get the central hub effect no matter how level you make branchew

sounds like your plant is just gonna be tall... I would highly discourage you from chopping it in half and expecting it to recover fully. Just grow a lil shorter next time. You live and you learn, and you make your practices from experience. It is what makes a good grower a good grower!