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Hey farm,
I want to share a method I use to regenerate my plants. It's very easy and I will explain it step by step with pictures. First tho, a brief description of the technique. This is an auto flower strain in the pics, it is quite a dwarf plant. But this technique works with all size plants.
Overview: What I want to do when I'm finished harvesting (final harvest) is leave a few small nugs on the plant and cut the branches above those nugs. Usually the top of my plant is ready before the bottom so on my (final harvest) I leave those little nugs and cut the branches and the main-stem around the same area as the nugs. You're left with this:
Preliminary Notes: You want your soil, or soil-less media to be dry going into this. This method will not work with hydroponic systems.
The Method:
1. Stop watering
2. Continue flowering light cycle for 7 days or until all trichs are amber (possibly 10-14 days) Don't use your high powered lights. Use CFL and just 1 bulb is enough.
3. Now turn off the lights 5 days.
4. Check your plant(s) for signs of new growth, if there's new growth continue to step 5
5. Give water
6. Turn the CFL back on (24-0, 18-6) is good. I do (48-7)
7. Continue normal watering and light cycle until the plant has established sufficient new vegetation
8. Once the plant has regenerated you can give nutes and return to your veg room and apply your usual growing method.
9. When you feel the plant is ready, cut of the little nugs you left on and also the old fan leafs.
That's it!
Basically the method is to artificially create autumn and winter. By not watering it is a sign to the plant that winter is very close. And once the light is turned off then the plant really starts to respond. By turning the light completely off you tell the plant it's in the thick of winter season. But since it's still warm the plant will grow leafs, thinking: "i'm reading for when summer returns". You see if you gave the plant water and had the lights off it wouldn't work. Because the plant says "hey there's no light but i'm still getting water so it's not winter yet, better develop my flowers". So it is a very simple science. And of course when you turn the lights back on and give water then plant says "oh look summers back, and isn't it great, I have a head start."
Some pics to show the method
I want to share a method I use to regenerate my plants. It's very easy and I will explain it step by step with pictures. First tho, a brief description of the technique. This is an auto flower strain in the pics, it is quite a dwarf plant. But this technique works with all size plants.
Overview: What I want to do when I'm finished harvesting (final harvest) is leave a few small nugs on the plant and cut the branches above those nugs. Usually the top of my plant is ready before the bottom so on my (final harvest) I leave those little nugs and cut the branches and the main-stem around the same area as the nugs. You're left with this:
Preliminary Notes: You want your soil, or soil-less media to be dry going into this. This method will not work with hydroponic systems.
The Method:
1. Stop watering
2. Continue flowering light cycle for 7 days or until all trichs are amber (possibly 10-14 days) Don't use your high powered lights. Use CFL and just 1 bulb is enough.
3. Now turn off the lights 5 days.
4. Check your plant(s) for signs of new growth, if there's new growth continue to step 5
5. Give water
6. Turn the CFL back on (24-0, 18-6) is good. I do (48-7)
7. Continue normal watering and light cycle until the plant has established sufficient new vegetation
8. Once the plant has regenerated you can give nutes and return to your veg room and apply your usual growing method.
9. When you feel the plant is ready, cut of the little nugs you left on and also the old fan leafs.
That's it!
Basically the method is to artificially create autumn and winter. By not watering it is a sign to the plant that winter is very close. And once the light is turned off then the plant really starts to respond. By turning the light completely off you tell the plant it's in the thick of winter season. But since it's still warm the plant will grow leafs, thinking: "i'm reading for when summer returns". You see if you gave the plant water and had the lights off it wouldn't work. Because the plant says "hey there's no light but i'm still getting water so it's not winter yet, better develop my flowers". So it is a very simple science. And of course when you turn the lights back on and give water then plant says "oh look summers back, and isn't it great, I have a head start."
Some pics to show the method