yeah lots of things to think about, but I figured I could just keep labeled motherās to the side in a greenhouse or something.
Room is an issue, and bugs too. But it would be amazing to have a clone bank. Just a collection of all the harder to find cuts and clone only strains donated by members here over the years.
Iām telling you thou, if I win the lotto and get my dream warehouse, Im gonna at least attempt this
Hahaha, I always finish summer with like 15 cutsā¦ then it gets cold and I lose the greenhouses and everything moves inside and then BOOM. No room left
Lmao yeah. I hate that room is always an issue. So many lovely strains out there and not enough space to keep them all haha
I just heard something about Bonsai motherās I am going to try and educate myself on.
I saw some guy had like 40 different clones for sale and I jokingly asked him how he has the room. He sent me a pic and explained they are all Bonsai motherās. They all looked to be less then a foot tall.
Thatās how I keep my motherās. I bonsai them and keep them in no more than a quart size pot. Every so often Iāll pick a extraordinary clone and turn it into the new mom and flower the current one off
The current mom Iām flowering off. The red line is where she was when I put her into flower. Was in a quart container for almost a year and gave many many cuts to friends in that year.
Nice! I did this same thing with my StrawberryTemple mom recently, just finished the stretch.
She easily filled my 2x4 tent all by herself in a EarthBox
In practice, I run a clone marketplace online and youād be surprised at the amount of drama that goes into shipping clones to people. Supplies, lights, and shipping cost money and sometimes you even have to re-send the clone, so you gotta budget for that. Much less profit margin and so your time and so on.
Donāt get me wrong, I love the idea and itād be wonderful if we could start a clone trading collective. But itās very involved and difficult for sure.
Speaking of clones and bonsai mothers, has OGāers tried and documented grafting different strains together?
I recently started studying about it and I would definitely like to give it a shot after I move to a permanent placeā¦
I keep them in my veg area being in a quart pot and fed half strength nutes keeps them small enough to keep out of the way of other vegging plants. Soon as the new area is built out Iāll keep them with the seedlings so I can have more momās to work with. Iāve got plenty of grower friends local who love good disease and bug free clones.
I havenāt tried any grafting of cannabis but Iād imagine it would be like grafting grapes or a treeā¦ Would have to make sure you have a thicker branch to work with or I donāt quite see it workingā¦ But give it a shot and document it here for all of us to see
Another preemie seed I push into the dirt 2 or 3 weeks ago sprouted! it was just hanging out down there until ready I guess thatās 4 of the 9, 4+ week immature seeds that have sprouted now!