outdoor mother plant

Hope you guys can settle a debate between my friend an I.
Would it be a good idea to harvest then re veg an outdoor plant inside, solely for the use as a mother plant to grow clones inside? assuming there is no bugs / pests / diseases on the outdoor plants.

i don't know from experience but i've read that after a plant goes into flowering, it loses a lot of potency from re-vegging.

is the plant in pot or ground?

freddythekruger said:

i don't know from experience but i've read that after a plant goes into flowering, it loses a lot of potency from re-vegging.

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That's not true it looses nothing from being revegged.
Yes you can keep a mother plant to take clones from revegged or not aslong as you keep it in veg.

well i'm glad you came to this thread ganjababy. now i know. sorry for posting bad info...maybe i should just stick to what i know...

please do.

Mothers that are forced to flower and revert back to vegetative growth not only yield less, they are stressed and confused." - From Marijuana Horticulture by Jorge Cervantes

i think i trust him over you...so i'm gonna say i was right...

In my growing experience I have found that to not be true. I have revegged a few clones taken late in flower, after they return to normal veg growth they produced just fine and the nugs were just as potent as the original plant.

i guess the debate lives on

the plants are in pots, so easily moved/potted. I was reading a post from fdd on a grow he had a revegged plant and it seemed healthy. anyone else have any experience doing this? the root ball will be huge on the puppies (should i trim them then re-pot? or just chuck them under the lights) , the plants are a good 5 feet tall. strain is either from the goldenseed mega mix or goldenseed tylight, so hybrids not pure indica or sativa.

remember i don't want to to flower it again, just use it for clones. maybe flower them later down the line if i want a new mother.

you should just go for it and see how it turns out. then of course report back here. you'd probably be helping a lot of people out with the info.

that's what i figured the opinion would be, i'll be harvesting in 3 weeks maybe so i'll keep you posted on how its going. No real problems with pests - i noticed some little aphids or something on them but my best friends the ladybugs seen them too i guess its a good idea to spray them with a general insecticide before bringing them inside? any other suggestions appreciated!