Harvesting?

[Rose56]

I had to cut my beautiful sunshine 2 ladies today. Storm hit today with cold winds and rains and knocked them down. So I cut them 2-3 weeks too early. Its too late now but I was wondering could I have place them in buckets of water with some anti-shock floral preservative like you would with a Xmas tree or a vase of flowers and keep them alive for another week? Here they were this weekend the three monsters were 10' tall.

 

[sutra1]

I'd love to know if this could/would work.

 

[SeaMaiden]

There's only one way to know, isn't there? I've done it with cuttings and other pieces I wasn't ready to deal with immediately, and it works to a good degree if you're careful about keeping them cool, etcetera.

 

[greennuggets7]

Do you have any other choice? Do it and report back, that would be a pretty useful alternative when there's no other option aside from cutting

 

[smokefrogg]

i wonder if it's safe to smoke/eat/consume after having the plant uptake the preservative?

 

[SeaMaiden]

I think those preservatives are basically a simple sugar + salycilic acid. I've used a combination of table sugar + 1/2 an aspirin to help cut flowers keep longer. Or, just making sure you change the water daily can also go a long way toward preserving them.

I've kept cuttings of cannabis alive in the fridge for two and three weeks at a time by simply putting a little water in a cup or the bottom of a bag and sticking the ends in it.

 

[greendreamer]

i wonder if it's safe to smoke/eat/consume after having the plant uptake the preservative?

wondering the same thing

 

[Rose56]

Okay I am going for it. I don't know if they had been cut too long for this to work over 24 hours but what the hell. I made my own water, corn syrup, vinegar and a small amount of bleach. I have an air stone going. I also cut several inches off the bottom of their trunks. I'll let you all know how it goes.

 

[Rose56]

Have an update. It was too late for all but one plant. The one girl has perked up nicely so this will definitely work in the future.