methias
Active member
Welcome boys and girls, sit on down and I will tell you my dream.
It started last August when my recently acquired master kush clone came home with the Borg.
I, an admitted neophyte, panicked and went medieval on the scourge. I used 4 different methods to eliminate them and when I thought I was loosing I decided to start some seeds that were given to me by a friend. At least if my clone died I might still have some seedlings to work with.
Well as they say sometimes it's better to be lucky than talented and not only did my clone make a full recovery and all the mites are dead but two seeds sprouted.
I keep a clean setup and filter the air coming and going quite well so unless I bring them in, there will be no more Borg.
Well I played a little LST on my clone and the seedlings and vegged them for about 35 days from seed sprout and went 12/12.
A little before this I took about 8 clippings from the three plants and started to try clones. I made a small cabinet for the clones and started them going.
Again luck was on my side and by the time I realized that 4 clones were good the seedlings declared their sex and they both are ladies.
.
Now I had 3 ladies in flower (1 midsize master kush and two small seedling mystery meat) and clones of each thriving. I figured that which ever one turned out to be the best bud producer would become my mother plant. My own version of the Clone Wars..
I was
toking on a bag of quality vaped bud reading about bonsai moms and it hit me.
I could keep a mom for years in a small space, take a clone every 2-3 weeks, vegg for 3 weeks, and send straight to the flower cabinet.
The only thing better than having a bonsai mom forever would be if I could graft two other strains onto her and have a mom of many flavors forever.
I did some homework, watched a few videos, and asked a few questions on the forums and now I just did surgery on my Master Kush and Seedling clones.
I grafted both seedling clone branches onto my Kush clone. She is expected to be my Bonsai Mom of many flavors!!!
I worked in a clean environment. I used new razorblades, RO water, Schultz powder rooting hormone, gauze and a bit of masking tape.
First I set up the area for surgery and then fired up my vaporizer for an attitude adjustment. (I know, normally the patient gets anesthetized but
)
Then I brought the patients in.
I set up two cups with RO H2O for the cuttings to go into right after getting cut.
I decided to try the notch and wedge technique this time. I cut the donor branch and then after clearing the nearest leaf I (using the razor) cut a point :arrow: on the donor and placed it in the cup of water. --->
Next I located a slightly fatter branch on the recipient plant and trimmed just above a node while trimming off the leaf as well. I then (with the razor) slit down >===-- the center of the stalk about 3/8 of an inch being careful not to open the wound.
I pulled the donor branch out of the water and touched the tip into the rooting powder shaking off the extra and gently slipped the donor wedge into the notch. I wrapped the joint snugly:hug: with surgical gauze creating a gauze splint and taped it with a little piece of masking tape being careful not to tape to the plant.
I used some long pipe cleaners to act as supports and gave the ladies a spritz of momjuice.
All that is left to do is wait and see how things went.
If all goes well I will end up with a Master Kush / Berry smelling / metallic smelling Bonsai mom that will live forever.
As a backup I placed a piece of Kush on each of the seedling clones with the hope that at least one of them will take and make my dream a reality.
So either I am really
really stupid and I have killed all three clones, Or I just stunted 
them all and may end up with crap,
OR
I get lucky again and have my dream become reality.
I will post pics next week once I see how things are going.
What do you think?
Was this a good idea or ?????
Peace
It started last August when my recently acquired master kush clone came home with the Borg.
I, an admitted neophyte, panicked and went medieval on the scourge. I used 4 different methods to eliminate them and when I thought I was loosing I decided to start some seeds that were given to me by a friend. At least if my clone died I might still have some seedlings to work with.Well as they say sometimes it's better to be lucky than talented and not only did my clone make a full recovery and all the mites are dead but two seeds sprouted.
I keep a clean setup and filter the air coming and going quite well so unless I bring them in, there will be no more Borg.
Well I played a little LST on my clone and the seedlings and vegged them for about 35 days from seed sprout and went 12/12.
A little before this I took about 8 clippings from the three plants and started to try clones. I made a small cabinet for the clones and started them going.
Again luck was on my side and by the time I realized that 4 clones were good the seedlings declared their sex and they both are ladies.
.Now I had 3 ladies in flower (1 midsize master kush and two small seedling mystery meat) and clones of each thriving. I figured that which ever one turned out to be the best bud producer would become my mother plant. My own version of the Clone Wars..I was
toking on a bag of quality vaped bud reading about bonsai moms and it hit me. I could keep a mom for years in a small space, take a clone every 2-3 weeks, vegg for 3 weeks, and send straight to the flower cabinet.The only thing better than having a bonsai mom forever would be if I could graft two other strains onto her and have a mom of many flavors forever.
I did some homework, watched a few videos, and asked a few questions on the forums and now I just did surgery on my Master Kush and Seedling clones.
I grafted both seedling clone branches onto my Kush clone. She is expected to be my Bonsai Mom of many flavors!!!
I worked in a clean environment. I used new razorblades, RO water, Schultz powder rooting hormone, gauze and a bit of masking tape.
First I set up the area for surgery and then fired up my vaporizer for an attitude adjustment. (I know, normally the patient gets anesthetized but
)Then I brought the patients in.
I set up two cups with RO H2O for the cuttings to go into right after getting cut.
I decided to try the notch and wedge technique this time. I cut the donor branch and then after clearing the nearest leaf I (using the razor) cut a point :arrow: on the donor and placed it in the cup of water. --->
Next I located a slightly fatter branch on the recipient plant and trimmed just above a node while trimming off the leaf as well. I then (with the razor) slit down >===-- the center of the stalk about 3/8 of an inch being careful not to open the wound.
I pulled the donor branch out of the water and touched the tip into the rooting powder shaking off the extra and gently slipped the donor wedge into the notch. I wrapped the joint snugly:hug: with surgical gauze creating a gauze splint and taped it with a little piece of masking tape being careful not to tape to the plant.
I used some long pipe cleaners to act as supports and gave the ladies a spritz of momjuice.
All that is left to do is wait and see how things went.
If all goes well I will end up with a Master Kush / Berry smelling / metallic smelling Bonsai mom that will live forever.
As a backup I placed a piece of Kush on each of the seedling clones with the hope that at least one of them will take and make my dream a reality.
So either I am really
really stupid and I have killed all three clones, Or I just stunted them all and may end up with crap,OR
I get lucky again and have my dream become reality.
I will post pics next week once I see how things are going.
What do you think?
Was this a good idea or ?????
Peace
When grafted plants get going you must keep the more rigorous branches in check by trimming them back, other wise the strongest variety will take over the whole plant & the weaker varieties will suffer. So remember to trim & keep plant in check, well trimmed & balanced for all grafts to take off. I have seen a three variety graft, I think its a waste of time my self as you will gain more by growing regular clones without all the fuss of grafts & then keeping a constant eye on the grafted plants progress. Unless you enjoy as a hobby stick to single variety plants. Better results, not as exotic as grating.
