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The Momma Diaries (+ Grafting Attempts!)

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White Shark
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Rangi_Kijani Rangi_Kijani
5 years ago
Momma Shark II is healthy and growing slowly by design. I’ve got the 400W ballast dimmed to 250W. Lots of clone sites available when needed next. Bowl design seems to work well in these 2 gal pots in a 2x2 space that should be able to accommodate 4 moms if I stay on top of training! The two trainees - 8BK and XXL and doing well with manifold development. I have 20 branches on each plant now. My plan is to transplant very soon before tying any of these down. Then start training them out to the edge of the 2 gal and then upward to create more bowl designs. They’ll be moving to the Mothership to join Momma Shark soon 😎
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Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijaniweek 3
Grafting attempt was a bust, but the moms all seem to be doing well 😎. Added some pics.
Philindicus
Philindicus
@Rangi_Kijani, you should look into Side Grafting it may be a better option to experiment with on weed plants. See a bit of info on internet doing it with tomato plants which have a similar stem structure.
Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijani
@Philindicus,I think there was a mismatch of tissue between the scion and root stock. The scion was lush, green and juicy - allowing the grafting tool to make a clean cut. The root stock was hard (due to training) and did not have greener branches of a large enough diameter to graft into. The tool also has 3 different blade designs and I opted to use the omega Ω style because it is said to give the most secure join. However, on the firm root stock I didn’t get a clean cut and did some crushing of the tissue. Next time I’ll try using a “simpler” blade. I also now have Parafilm to get a better wrap/seal around the graft site. I’ll give it another go and post updates ... once the moms from my new strains have developed enough I can also try using a different root stock to see if that produces any different results.
Philindicus
Philindicus
@Rangi_Kijani, that sucks bro but nice try. Were the stems solid or a bit hollow? May be they were to soft and not woody enough. You definately need a bit of light bark with a cambium layer. I'm sure you'll be trying again in the future. Back to the laboratory.
BillMonroe
BillMonroeweek 3
Really nice to see a diary of it! Did you wrap the stem very tightly in mother plant? I guess your next step should be to Fuse cannabis
Philindicus
Philindicusweek 3
The doctor is in, nice I think a top graft is your best bet. Were the stems a bit hollow?
Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijaniweek 5
Added a little 360-type video of the 8BK and XXL after I cleaned out some foliage.
Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijaniweek 3
Well, first grafting effort was informative, but neither graft survived. Due to stem diameter, I didn’t get a clean cut with the grafting tool, so lining up the cambian tissue was difficult and obviously became problematic. I May try again in a few days when I have some more donor stock developed from the XXL I have in hydro.
Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijaniweek 3
My intention was certainly to wrap the graft joint tightly to ensure cambian contact. However, my procedure was shaky (literally!) so I’m not confident that the graft is either properly aligned or secured. But, I know how I’ll do it differently next time! 😎
Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijaniweek 3
The challenge with this mom is that I’ve trained her back continually so she has a super sturdy “open bowl”-type framework. I’d like to graft into this if possible to keep everything low to start. I have <30” total height to play with. I also should have chosen a narrower blade (the tool came with 3) to make the cut. Lesson learned. If all else fails, I’ll graft into a new shoot, although that will be higher up.
Philindicus
Philindicusweek 1
Intresting! Doing some mad scientist techniques. Wish you lots of luck hope all your grafts take.
Rangi_Kijani
Rangi_Kijani
@Philindicus, thanks very much! I’ve read a bit, watched some interesting videos etc ... so I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous! Lol Just going to have fun and see what more I can learn 😎
AlpineGoat
AlpineGoatweek 5
Dude I was talking with my friend about grafting techniques and I found your diary.. what a coincidence! Good luck, I’m following it very closely 👀
Lacrima
Lacrimaweek 5
Happy Growing ! 😊💪
msasharae97
msasharae97week 5
did you use hanging weights to train the plants and hold them down?