I don't have any secrets for revegging. I first heard someone mention Pigeons doing it when he was revegging his Hog, and that's how I met him. I think the only tip I remember from him that served me well, was to be careful with the watering. It's worth letting the harvest plant get quite dry before harvesting, because if it's soaked down, from flushing or whatever, and you try to do a reveg, you've suddenly got a smallish plant with very little real foliage which is not going to transpire much water, and is going to probably rot. Treat it like a small plant and baby it with the watering. I can't claim to have much knowledge though. The revegs I did were easy. I just put them in veg and left them there and they did their thing.
A couple plants I did remove from the pots, cut the rootball back a bunch and repot into fresh mix. This was so they'd have fresh medium and not be so rootbound. I suppose it could help them reveg too, since by the time the plants are flushed and harvested the soil/medium is bound to be a bit depleted and compacted.
The first Mama Thai pheno I grew was the biggest and best, and the whole time it was flowering, I intended to reveg it. Then at harvest time I just plain forgot and went and chopped it down by reflex. Oops!
It seems like when I smoke indica I struggle with paranoia. Like my third eye opens with awful clarity and I'm looking at my life with a deep uneasiness feeling that 'something is wrong'.
On top of that it makes me very confused, and I spend a lot of time losing and forgetting things, searching for them, and then in the middle of searching - realizing that I can't even remember what the hell it is that I am searching for! This should be funny but it usually isn't!
A classic scenario is this; I smoke a bunch, and a couple minutes later think "Wow that's good I think I'll smoke some more!" Then I go to pick up my pipe ... "Hmmm where did I put my pipe?"
Then anxiety starts to kick in, and paranoia strikes. "Oh god where did I leave my pipe?!!" So I start looking for it, more and more frantically. Then I come to a point where I suddenly realize that I can't remember what the fuck I am looking for! I just know that if someone comes along to visit I'm going to be in no fit shape to be seen, and I should flee!! Immediately!!
Then I suddenly remember that my pipe is probably sitting somewhere incriminating and I must find it before I can properly flee, so I start chasing my tail again.
Eventually I find the pipe somewhere stupid and smoke more and do it all over again. Etc etc.
Oh yeah, then I get really hungry and eat too much. But I do sometimes have nice guitar jams when I settle down a bit.
I hope those days are well behind me now.
except for the guitar playing part.
I get a bit longwinded sometimes...
The revelations and thoughts that come to me from the high can be good but I find that I have trouble remembering/realizing them the next day anyway. I feel like it takes me to the same place every time and I go through the same cycles each time only to forget after, lol.
It's just my personality I suppose- i shouldn't take it seriously, but I find the forgetfulness and confusion and paranoia very hard on the self esteem and I beat myself up over it. I like to be able to think clearly. Despite some things I do like about the indica high, I often end up feeling depressed and shitty after, which is hardly a good thing.
Sativa has the opposite effect for me. I feel happy and like I can function and think. If I'm slightly impaired it's in a good way and not crippling. I can also smoke as much as I want and not have my brain totally short out.
Like I said, maybe I'll find a good indica strain for sleep and pain. I wouldn't mind a heavily narcotic smoke at bedtime, if it made me feel happy and content.