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British Columbia, Canada

I've always thought it would be cool if someone in a warm climate tried leaving an AG plant in the ground for the winter instead of pulling it in October. Some of the plants that I've grown in the past still had a pretty healthy stump and vines + new growth at harvest time. Makes me wonder how long it could grow for and how large it could get before the stump & main go bad. Has anyone ever tried this?

2/4/2018 3:25:21 AM

Rhode Island

just for poopies and giggles jordan

its been proven that many growers have kept portions of their plant alive all winter inside after potting a vine end (with tap root/roots)sooooooooooooooooo--

no reason that you could not allow a ag plant to continue growing outdoors for as long as you have weather,space and disease does not effect the entire plant.

you may loose base etc as time goes on but the tap root system is enough to furnish nutrients through out the plant.
just cut out from the main back to base of diseased or dead area.

eventually age will keep putting older areas into decline.

pap

2/4/2018 9:10:52 AM

Syracuse, NY

at that rate, as Joel Holland made a video about, the world WILL be taken-over by the Atlantic Giant---pretty funny that he's nearer-to the Pacific coast!

2/5/2018 6:24:55 AM

Colo Springs CO

If propagated, a cutting can be kept alive indefinatly without any DNA degredation provided the plant is kept heathy. Outdoors, the stump can be regenerated, and plant regrown another season provided disease and insect issues are addressed. Soil could be amended with organics and recharged, but older plant tissue which gew previous season fruit will die off as roots die off. so you basically would be starting over. It would be easier to make a cutting and start over at the point. I have done plenty of experiments with propagation just to see what differences AG's exhibited compared to any other propagated plant species. The answer was what I expected: they perform as all plants do, and can be grown indefinatly.

2/5/2018 11:38:09 PM

Colo Springs CO

I have only experimented with one plant for a 3 season time period before allowing that plant to finally die off. It was in great condition when I decided to focus my energy more on growing for competition, since I have a limited growing area. Ive been practicing from time to time with "cloning" a plant at end of the year just in case I ever have something worthy of my time. It actually a nice winter hobby, Ive just had other things come up over the years which prevented me from doing that again full time. It is a great method to isolate and breed a genetic over and over to get a true breeding strain. If memory serves me, that would be 7 or 8 seasons(?). Definatly lots of breeding potential using propagation methods exist and one day could be utilized if someone puts in the time. What you are asking is possible, but not using the plant vines grown from previous seasons.

2/5/2018 11:38:18 PM