Cannabis Regeneration. J.B. Haze
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That’s all well and good—and it certainly sounds wonderful. But how do you do it? How do you infuse life into the scraggly, stump-like remains of your just harvested plant? The defined procedure for physically putting The MRS system to work will also be taught:
The above chapters cover the application of The MRS in a step-by-step manner, from cut to completion, with photographs detailing the plant’s growth patterns. Taken together, all you need to fully implement The MRS (thus repeatedly regrowing the same plant) is covered.
The final chapters are a little different, stepping outside the clearly defined goals and aims of the original system. Here we learn how to adjust our procedures: Allowing continuous harvests and expanding The MRS into a multi-plant, multi-light behemoth capable of popping out buds by the thousands. We also explore combining regeneration with the established practices of cloning and controlled pollination (seed manufacture):
Considering all that regeneration (The Mrs in particular) has to offer in the way of enhanced yield, cost-effective production and potent end product, I find it surprising that the approach has not become more widely known or exploited. My theory as to why this should be involves the evolution of the plant and this simple observation: Cannabis, since it first evolved (eons ago, in the carbon rich atmosphere it still desires), has always grown outdoors. Regeneration does not occur, in the cannabis plant, outdoors—it’s simply not possible. Here’s why: Outdoors, you are harvesting during the very short days—those with 12 hours of light or less. Regeneration, if it is to trigger, requires at least 18 hours of light per day (and preferably continuous light for consistent results). This sudden lengthening of the day does not occur naturally. You cannot reach up into the sky and halt dear old Sol’s movements, elongating the daylight hours. In fact, the photoperiod can only be manipulated to achieve an instantly stretched day indoors. And, it’s only very, very recently in the cannabis plant’s evolution that she’s encountered indoor lighting.
Could this fact, that regeneration is not encountered outside, be the reason the concept has remained sub rosa? Whatever the answer, I am convinced that now is the time for regeneration to come out of the proverbial closet; to shine, and to take its place in grow rooms across the world. The MRS is a friendly and easy way to achieve this dream.
The MRS has transcended both growing from seed and cloning to become my preferred day-to-day method of cultivation. Nowadays I find myself treating a plant grown from seed as a precursor for an intended regeneration.
My prior decades of sporadic cultivation were spent with traditional techniques, both indoor and outdoor; seeds, clones, indica, sativa, wet climates and dry. And, as any grower who has worked with plants over stretches of time will tell you, sometimes the girls will do strange things.1 Odd stuff—quirks like having a simple topping result in five or six new shoots, or having a plant suddenly turn purple.
One peculiarity teased me over the years, eventually becoming the catalyst for The MRS. I had observed that certain plants, even those harvested right down to a stump, would, just sometimes, spontaneously burst into new growth. While this occurrence was occasional, it was always surprising: Life springing from a mere nub and a few straggling calyxes. I began considering this new growth as a possibility for systematic adaption, and thinking How can this amazing will to grow be utilized? I soon started to look into how best to ensure the magical regeneration every time, and how to maximize the plant’s zest for rapid proliferation.
I now always consider the initial grow of a plant (from seed) as a precursor to regeneration. During this initial grow, the aim is fine-tuning such things as nutrient intake (is the plant receiving enough, too much, is she wilting or browning at the tips?), disease and pest control (have pests been detected and treated, are there signs of disease?), deficiencies (have nitrogen, manganese and other irregularities been noted and addressed?) and so on. These, and any other possible problems along the way, create stress. When the plant has to deal with such headaches, she can’t excel.
3.1 A just harvested stump, ready to be rescued and regenerated.
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