bgetting

I have come across some interesting grafting news, which was the opposite of what I has previously thought. First, to steer away those trying to cross MJ with a Doug- Fir: Grafting is less successful with unrelated plants. Above the genus level, they are very unsuccessful, and at the family level succes is nearly impossible. However within the same genus and species it is quite easy. So this leads to my point:

Both the rootstock and the scion provide characteristics to the plant. In apple, a dwarfing rootstock will make even a vigorous scion grow slower, yet flower and fruit production is increased. This is due to carbohydrate allocation, and in the dwarfing stock, CH's are more readily available to flowering parts in the form of sucrose and sorbitol, whereas in the vigorous rootstocks, the CH's are tied up in starch grains. Blah,Blah... One more thing before I get to the point. THere are also "interstocks", or a middle graft. So that you would have a rootstock, a interstock, and then the scion. These are used to impart even more characteristics. In apple the effects are well documented. OK here is the point.

I am not suggesting that anyone try and make an apple tree and a MJ plant graft, but it is feasible to graft two different MJ strains together to see what may happen. Such as a NL rootstcok (which I would take to be dwarfing... but that is a guess) and then a vigorously growing scion, or even an interstock in there. With enough trial and error, someone may find a strain whoes rootstock increases yield in the scion.
The genetic products (proteins and such) from both plants do intermix a little, especially the hormones. They must balance each other, and since they come from different systems in a graft, they should be mismatched, leading to who-knows-what. At the very least, if many people do some experimenting, there has to be some good results.
Anyway, just a thought.

bgetting

If anyone needs info on grafting, including step-by-step-, protocols, solutions, and really everything, the book to look a is "Plant Propagation:Principles and Practices."
It is pretty good on it's own, but the references in it are great. Usually you can find an article specific to what you want to do, then it just a matter of hitting the library (or internet for some). Many of these journals are found at University libraries.

lab_rat_x

So, you is saying, we can't graft a 10ft. Skunk plant on 1000yr old redwood stump ( freshly logged in places like the north west), but we might be able to utilze the skunks deep roots for a Jack Herer or something of like that, right? That's some truely mad science......

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adderpuff

Yo Bggetting
OOOOOOh those scientific answers send a tingle down me spine
jus like sex LOL
Adder.

Mendrel

Ok, so I can't put a plant onto a giant tree in my backyard...or can I. How about 'building a tree'. Here's what I mean. Yes this will take years but those who do bonsai have patience. Take a tree and cut it down and graft a similar related plant onto it. After that heals, cut the top off and graft a new section on that is more closely related to marijuana. After a 'few' grafts and years, you would have a plant that is close enough to graft some bud onto. Yeah, it takes awhile but an mj plant grafted onto a large pine or something would be amazing if it is possible

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