Micropropagation / tissue culture and organics

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone has any input on using micropropagation as part of an organic growing practice. I'm substantially expanding the scale of my operation and want to make sure I can continue providing a fully organic product using these techniques.

So far, I've had a hard time finding research that indicates otherwise.

Thanks!

Just curious what the benefit if this is opposed to cloning or growing from bean, ofcourse aside from nailing down a pheno in the case of the bean..

The space required for the vegetative mothers for cloning is substatially reduced if this technique is used.. by propagating using apical nodal segments or leaf tissue one can uniformely populate an entire room with genetic progenies from wasted parent material such as axillary buds removed while toping, etc. Starting from seed for me would not be a viable option down the road.

Very interesting..how does it compare to cloning time wise? Hope you get an answer to your question!

This is a funky topic... If you buy a clone from a dispensary and grow it out organically, would you call the final product organic? I would. But technically, it was probably rooted with non-organic hormones and sprayed with who knows what before you picked it up...

Ask yourself why you grow organic, is it to improve the taste /aroma of your bud?
Or is it to help better the earth and environment? Do the methods and or
Supplies used in micropropogation hinder your goals in any way?
If not then its organic. Its just a lable

cloning/propagation are the same thing.. I did a test in a horticulture class with using IBA for rooting and at what increments( how much) work best vs using aloe for rooting. Depending on the plants of course lower concentrations of IBA work the best vs higher amounts used. .01, and .08 worked the best. The ones I dipped in aloe rooted just as well. IBA is Indole-3-butyric acid,a plant hormone. it is also found in aloe vera and that is why aloe works so well.. Personally I prefer using Aloe Vera. just depends on how you wanna do it.

has anyone had a successful tissue culture medium formula that want to share. I been trying real hard to make it work but I haven't had a success at all.

bf80255 said:

Ask yourself why you grow organic, is it to improve the taste /aroma of your bud?
Or is it to help better the earth and environment? Do the methods and or
Supplies used in micropropogation hinder your goals in any way?
If not then its organic. Its just a lable

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I agree with this. So far from what I can tell, it would not hinder anything and allow me to have more control over the genetics I'm using. Tricky thing to get around in Canada with the new laws. We need to be able to show what the sources are for the plants we grow and they must come from a legal source, which are few and far between. This seems to allow us to keep a full rotation going without allocating to much space to our veg room...

OrganiBryce said:

I agree with this. So far from what I can tell, it would not hinder anything and allow me to have more control over the genetics I'm using. Tricky thing to get around in Canada with the new laws. We need to be able to show what the sources are for the plants we grow and they must come from a legal source, which are few and far between. This seems to allow us to keep a full rotation going without allocating to much space to our veg room...

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Are you guys still able to grow? I thought as of April 1'st you would be forced to buy through one of the licensed vendors (ie Prairie Plant Systems).

I will be a liscensed producer under the new laws. However, I'm trying to maintain the same quality and organic growing methods while supplying a much larger family of users.