marijuana vegetative state

[chris22121]

What is the longest possible time you can keep marijuana in its vegetative state before you start the flowering stage?

 

[PsyGhost]

years/hypothetically forever.

 

[Roose]

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[Trogdor]

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[delta_9]

years/hypothetically forever.

Yep. Mother plants are often kept in vegetation their entire lives in order to produce clones.

 

[clamjuice]

A friend of mine kept one in veg for 8 or 9 months. This thing was a monster. Had its own little eco system hehe. He didnt even clone it though, makes me wonder whether it would even be worth having a plant in veg that long unless you wanted cuttings.

 

[Trogdor]

I think I read once that growers often use a mommy plant for no longer than 1-2 years, but I don't really know why that is.

 

[perfect haze]

Theres some theories to suggest that genetic vigour is lost when successive clones are used rather than a set mother, I suppose theres just more opportunities for change in that system.

Its not of massive importance to a casual grower, but then its easy to keep a litltle bonsai mum in veg somewhere aqs cheaply as possible and invest all your growing energy into where things start to flowe r