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Medical Cannabis Mother Plants

Mother Plants are high-quality plants with attractive genetics that continuously supply the rest of the cultivation operation with fresh plants. Our Mother Plants are sequestered in their own living space called a “Mother Room.” This is done to ensure that our cultivation team maintains a healthy stock of genetics. We always keep a stock of 10 or more Mother Plants for each of our 40+ strains. 

Cuttings are taken from Mother Plants, which then become “clones.” Those clones start the process of growing the next generation of plants that are grown in other parts of our facility. The clones have the same genes as their mothers, ensuring consistent quality and characteristics across each specific strain.

FAQ

What are mother plants?
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Mother plants are River Remedy’s “genetic vault.” They represent the healthiest, best performing plants which are then used to re-stock the cultivation operations with fresh batches of new “clones.”
How are mother plants used?
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Mother plants grow large over a six to nine month period. As they grow large, they produce many stems which our team can use to re-stock the rest of our cultivation operations. Stems are cut from mother plants periodically to produce new “clones.”
What are the benefits of using mother plants?
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A healthy stock of mother plants ensures that River Remedy’s genetics are safeguarded, allowing us to continuously re-supply our cultivation operations with fresh clones of the highest quality phenotypes.
How do mother plants differ from regular marijuana plants?
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While they grow to be large plants, mother plants never actually enter the “flowering” stage because the light cycle is kept at 18 hours on / 6 hours off. A more even light cycle (12 hours on / 12 hours off) is what triggers plants to begin their flowering stage.

A Mother plant for River Remedy’s Medical Cannabis Cultivation Process. This plant provides the operation with cuttings that then become plant clones with the same genetics.

MS Medical Cannabis Clone Stage

After they are cut from Mother Plants, the Clones are moved to a separate room with higher humidity and temperature, where they will live for about two weeks. After the clones have established roots and have grown a few inches, they are ready to enter their...

Vegetative Stage for our Medical Cannabis

The Clones are moved to the Veg room and are “up-potted” to a larger grow medium. Vegetative plants will live in the Veg room for 3-4 weeks, with light intensity gradually increasing as they prepare for a transition to a Flowering room. The Veg room supplies each...

Medical Cannabis Entering into Flowering Stage

After 3-4 weeks, Veg plants are moved into one of our Flowering Rooms, where they will mature and produce the THC and Terpenes that have medicinal qualities. We carefully measure and adjust several critical environmental conditions throughout the plant's life cycle....

Medical Cannabis in Flowering Rooms

Depending on the strain, Flowering plants grow under a higher-intensity lighting system for 8-9 weeks. Near the end of our flowering cycle, Flowering plants are weaned off of their nutrient schedule and given pure water. This process ensures that traces of nutrients...

Harvesting Medical Cannabis in Jackson, MS

On the day of harvest, plants are cut at the base of their stalks and removed from the Flowering Rooms. The plants are weighed individually, and we record all of the “wet weights” for the entire harvest on a strain-by-strain basis. Our METRC-integrated weighing...

The Drying Process of Medical Cannabis

Plants are then hung on drying racks and enter the “Drying and Curing” phase. These plants undergo a “low and slow” dry for 10-14 days. During this time, light exposure is limited to mitigate THC decomposition, and the room’s environmental conditions are carefully...

Curing Medical Cannabis in Jackson, MS

After the completion of the drying phase, plant stalks with usable biomass are broken off of the main plant stalk and stored in totes where they undergo a cure “on the vine.” The curing process is the last stage of the drying process, where the final moisture content...

Medical Cannabis Bucking & Trimming in Jackson, MS

After several weeks, the curing phase is complete, and plants are removed from the totes and enter the trimming phase. The flowering buds are “bucked" from the stalks and are trimmed and sorted into several categories: A Flower, B Flower, Trim, and Stems. As a...

Medical Cannabis Testing & Packaging

After the cannabis products have been trimmed and sorted, we send the finished product to a third-party licensed testing facility before packaging and distribution. Once the product is tested, it is then packaged in jars and cartons or bags that include the passing...