Re-vegging bottom branches after harvesed top

Hi, I am thinking...

I have a few plants that I am about to harvest in a month or so, and it looks like the top buds are much more developed than the bottom. So instead of harvesting the whole plant, I can cut the main stem all the way, leaving only the 2 lowest segments and put the plants in veg.

Sure I will loose some time due to shock and turning from flower to veg, but I will save about a month of plant development, as I will start with a 12-14 inch high plants, MUCH MORE BUSHY than the original

Then when those plants grow put the in flower and when harvesting, again, harvest only the tops, and leave the bottom branches for re-vegging, making the plants EVEN MORE BUSHY

Also, I plan on transplanting into bigger pots in order to sustain the overall enlargement of the plant

What do you guys think? I've read you can sustain the life of one plant indefinitely, so that might actually be a good idea, preserving the finest plants, no bother with cloning and stuff, just veg, flower and harvest the same plant over and over again, until it becomes too big to fit in the grow box.

never really tryed it but all u can do it try it mit and mit not work bro

well, I know some people did try it, I've seen them in this forum

Waiting for some trial opinions

ddriver said:

preserving the finest plants, no bother with cloning and stuff, just veg, flower and harvest the same plant over and over again, until it becomes too big to fit in the grow box.

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I've never done this, but I have successfully cloned a cutting from a bottom branch after harvest-- which involved returning it to 24/0 light for the time it took to root. Re-vegging once should be no problem as long as it doesn't herm out. Doing this repeatedly might create problems for the root system since it will be out of proportion with the rest of the plant. And you will have to be very careful with nutes since you won't have the benefits of fresh soil.

In the long run, I don't think it will be more efficient than cloning, since by cloning you can constantly have a bunch of supercropped plants ready to go to flower.
But I'd be curious to hear of the results.

it will work, your plant might go into shock for a bit after it re begins veg, you may see a little wilting but no worrys.

Ive never tried it myself but dr.bud over at icmag sayes he has done it up to 3 times with equal or better harvest, all in the same 20oz bottle, but he also grows small plants

I would think the plant would produce less and less each time. I would harvest colas, then leave the lower buds in flower to finish up.

Well, my idea is basically this: (Check the attachment)

After you first harvest the top branches the bottom will form new growth when the plant is reverted back to vegetative state.
In fact, each harvest will be something like topping the plant, it will get more bushy every time.

When you cut the main stem, even if the roots are bigger than the plants, I don't think it will be a problem. Last week I cut one hermie plant totally, and thrown the little pot away, after a few days I was amazed to see it has actually formed new growth right at the node where were the first leafs, I don't mean the first actual leafs, but the round one that for when the seed is open.

I also found out that the bigger roots still pull water and nutrients out of the soil, but the excess water is bleeding through the main stem, the plant uses only as much as it needs for the new growth, the excess is thrown out of the plant.