REGENERATION- Cannabis Marijuana seeds Growing Guide
It is possible to harvest plants and then rejuvenate them
vegetatively for a 2nd and even 3rd harvest. A second harvest
can be realized in as little as 6-8 weeks. Since the plant
stalk, and roots are already formed, the plant can produce a
second, even third harvest of buds in a little more than half
the time of the original harvest. When harvesting, take off
the top 1/3rd of the plant. Leave most healthy fan leaves in
the middle of the plant, cutting buds off branches carefully.
On the lower 1/3rd of the plant, take off end flowers, but
leave several small flowers on each branch. These will be the
part of the plant that is regenerated. The more buds you leave
on the plant, the faster it will regenerate. Feed the plant
some Miracle Grow or any high nitrogen plant food immediately
after harvest. When you intend to regenerate a plant, make
sure it never gets too starved for nitrogen as it is maturing,
or all the sun leaves will fall off, and your plant will not
have enough leaves to live after being harvested.
Harvested plants can come inside for rejuvenation under
continuous light or are left outside in Summer to rejuvenate
in the natural long days. It will take 7-14 days to see signs
of new growth when regenerating a plant. As stated before, and
in contrast to normal growth patterns, lower branches will be
the first to sprout new vegetative growth. Allow the plant to
grow a little vegetatively, then take outside again to
reflower. Or keep inside for vegetative cuttings. You now have
two or three generations of plants growing, and will need more
space outside. But you will now be harvesting twice as often.
As often as every 30 days, since you have new clones or
seedlings growing, vegetative plants ready to flower, and
regenerated plants flowering too.
Regenerating indoors can create problems if your plants are
infected with pests. It may be best to have a separate area
indoors that will not allow your plants to infect the main
indoor area. An alternative to regenerating indoors is to
regenerate outdoors in the Summer. Just take a harvest in
June, then allow the plant to regenerate by leaving some lower
buds on the plant, and leaving the middle 1/3rd of the plant
leaves at harvest. Feed it nitrogen, and make sure it gets
lots of sun. It will regenerate all Summer and be quite large
by Fall, when it will start to flower again naturally.
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