Can I veg for a year? Possible?

MonkeyChimp

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #1

I once kept a plant going for 5 months because I didn't know I had to 12/12, thing was taaallll. So what's the longest veg you've heard of? Is a year possible, I know it's not worth it but whatever.

 

mudhead31

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #2

I don't know this as a fact but I have strains that the mothers are a year old so I'm going to go out on a limb and say yes but I wouldn't quote me on that...lol

 

Dr. Who

Well-Known Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #3

Yeah you can, but why? At full strength nute use the plant will stress and begin to start throwing/showing pre flowering. Keep in mind that Cannabis is an annual plant. That means it lives for 1 season, reproduces and dies. The longer the plant veg's over it's natural time, the more stress it will have. Mother plants are feed at a reduced nutrient rate to reduce the amount of stress and keep them healthy longer. Sativa's veg longer and flower longer due to the natural climate conditions they grow in.

 

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tomascat

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• Apr 23, 2014

• #4

if ur inside controlling light, u can veg for a year. long as u don't let um get a 12/12 cycle ie keeping a mother. keep them 18/6

 

kagecog

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• Apr 23, 2014

• #5

I've heard of a guy keeping a strain in veg for 4 years before, the base of the plant looked like a tree trunk!

 

dannyboy602

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• Apr 23, 2014

• #6

i guess u can veg for as long as u want. the stem will get woody. but can u imagine the colas on that bitch when she flowers? its just that u wanna keep it vigorous. i would root prune once in a while, top prune, anything that will keep her looking voluptuous

 

AlecTheGardener

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• Apr 23, 2014

• #7

Dr. Who said:

The longer the plant veg's over it's natural time, the more stress it will have. Mother plants are feed at a reduced nutrient rate to reduce the amount of stress . . .

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Are we both growing the same plant?

Mother plants can be kept in a vegetative state indefinitely as long as their nutrient needs are met and they are kept in proper light cycle along with preferential climate.

What does a "stressed" mother plant look like? Root bound? That's a different problem.

 

MonkeyChimp

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #8

dannyboy602 said:

but can u imagine the colas on that bitch when she flowers? top prune, anything that will keep her looking voluptuous

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It didn't occur to me to Top/FiM it, I wonder if I can top the top's when they get big enough?

This is going to be fun and interesting, i'll start a grow journal next month.

 

bird mcbride

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• Apr 23, 2014

• #9

Fact is if you keep the plant in veg it can out live a human being. Go 24/0d on your moms.

 

waterdawg

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• Apr 24, 2014

• #10

Blueberry mother for 3 years!! God rest her soul! Died in a winter power outage, she froze to death .

 

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churchhaze

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• Apr 24, 2014

• #11

Yes. I know some outdoor growers that start vegging in october and put them out in june.

They become giant yielding trees.