Can You Take Clones from Flowering Plants?
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roidrage152
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Yes you can. They will probably take a little bit longer to root as they regress to the veg light cycle again. I've never done this before, but have heard from multiple sources it is definitely doable.
dr2brains
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skunkd0c
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yeah you can take cuttings during flower, although be prepared to wait quite a while before they start to grow normally
it will depend how far into flowering they are if buds have formed or not
they root in normal time no delay on rooting , but they will not grow in the vegative stage like a normal cutting
they will act like a rejuvenated plant, and grow distorted shoots popping out of the bud growth for a while
can take 2-3 weeks after rooting before they get back into the veg stage and grow normally
peace
it will depend how far into flowering they are if buds have formed or not
they root in normal time no delay on rooting , but they will not grow in the vegative stage like a normal cutting
they will act like a rejuvenated plant, and grow distorted shoots popping out of the bud growth for a while
can take 2-3 weeks after rooting before they get back into the veg stage and grow normally
peace
James87
Active Member
Yes, and some people believe it is actually better than veg cuttings. Purportedly, once the clone roots, it will grow like crazy. Also, if the plant has been getting low N and high P, it will help form roots faster. There is a name for this method but it escapes me at the moment. Megacloning or something, can anybody remember?
bostoner
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If you take shoots with small marble size buds as a clone and root it then veg it it is known as monster cropping the plants look strange but branch like crazy and you can get some really desirable results. This is a picture from a clone that was taken from a two week flowering mother.
skunkd0c
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this is a plant growing in the rejuvenating phase , it produces the same effect as re harvesting , its nothing unique
no advantage to it at all, it is slower than starting new plants or taking cuttings during veg
BigBuddahCheese
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I have taken them as late as pre-flowering stage and ya they root and start to try to flower again in 18/6 but will revert after a few days.
I prefer to take them 1-2 weeks into flower without any pre-flowers or flowers.
I prefer to take them 1-2 weeks into flower without any pre-flowers or flowers.
bostoner
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So an your trying to say an extra week to start the reveg isn't worth all that side branching. You crazy LOL. You meant re vegging a harvested plant not re harvesting right? You trying to say there are no advantages to that either? Have you ever done it?
francy420
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I actually just took 1 Snow white, and 1 Jock horror out of my cloner today. They were cut off plants 2 weeks into flower. It took them 14 days to be ready to come out of the cloner, and into their homes. They rooted in the same amount of time as 2 other strains I had in there that were taken from mothers. So yes it is no problem.
blueberrykush1012
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Can I take a clone from a plant in flower and put the clone directly under 12/12 or do I have to veg first
Connoisseurus Rex
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It's called monster cropping and yea it works as long as you're not too far into flower. Clones from flowering mothers will be 3x the size of a vegged mothers clones by the 3 week veg mark. They shoot crazy amounts of side shoots.
Root them, veg 2+ weeks, and flip. You'll get much more harvest than your average clone.
Root them, veg 2+ weeks, and flip. You'll get much more harvest than your average clone.
Connoisseurus Rex
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You have to root it first. After that, 2 weeks veg is recommended if you want a decent yield.
blueberrykush1012
Member
How far into flower can I be where I wont hurt momma plant and get good clones
rob333
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u can take clones but from the bottom of the plant 2nd pull off all sighs of bud and leave the leaves 3rd don't trim the fan leaves like u do in vegging clones just pull most of them off and leave about 3-4 leaves how i do it
Connoisseurus Rex
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I consider 3 weeks in to be the max. I'm sure you can flirt with that line and results may vary. I stop at 3 weeks because that when I stop training. Anything past that though, it's taking energy from bud making to heal in my opinion.
i just took 6 clones from 6 females in week 6 of budding-----removed the tip and left 2 or 3 small buds on branch----it has been a week now-----24/0 light and no ferts--will see how it goes----no root structure yet --in promix----i cut a gorilla glue and a cronic juice and reveged them--they have started growing very well outside under sunlight!---will probaly try that on the 6 females ---3 more weeks im shootin for---i have a gorilla glue #4----a fruity cronic juice--chemdog#4--peyote cookies--critical kush-- and tangerine kush
iknownothink
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If you are going to do it I would do it straight away, I did my first batch of clones just on the beginning of flowering and they were great I took some just before harvesting it and the plant I think was already on the ready to die stage and they never rooted properly. That's just my experience.
guilaumina
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I have my female plants under light 24 hrs now they are all drying up, what I am doing wrong?