Mother Plant 2

Ok so after reading the other post about a mother Im still confused. Im getting ready to start my first grow and have been doing some serious research. From everything Ive heard you keep a mother plant in constant vegetative state (18/6 or 24 hours a day) lighting. So to start and keep a mother. Do you...
1)Start my beans
2)Veg under Mh lighting until proper height is reached
3)Switch to hps lighting and change to 12/12 until sex shows
4)Pull the plant I want to use as a mother and revert her back to constant veg lighting?
5)Then take clones?

Or could I just simply take clones off the females Ill be growing 2-3 weeks before harvest and use these?

Thanks to all who reply

Uhh, you may not like this, but...

my answer is neither.

Yes, you keep a female mother plant under 18 hours light per day.

You could do your numbered options, but then the mother plant would have been induced to flower already. You don't want that if possible. Then all of the clones off of her would be reverted plants.

What you want to have is a mother that hasn't been flowered yet. So when you are growing out your seed plants, take a cutting (or two) from each plant, and root them under 24 hour light for a week, and then put them in 12/12 for a couple of weeks and they will show sex. Of course, you've marked the clones well, so you know what seed plants are female.

At this point, you've grown your seed plants about 6-8 weeks, and you can remove the males, and decide what you want to do with the ladies.

HTH

Hi Coast,

Your idea is pretty sound to me..

I would take clones from the potential mothers and label them.. so you know where each clone came from.. then I would root the clones and grow them...

then flower all the mothers... if any of them turn male, throw out their corresponding clones!!!

This is a little extra work on the front side but well worth the extra effort. And you will not loose any growing TIME.. cha ching

iloveyou


ANother consideration is to just NOT use MOTHERS.... just keep cloning your new generation before you flower the plants...

....... grow, clone, flower

This is a GREAT way to have FAST turn around without having to tend to a mother..

iloveyou

Garden Knowm said:

Hi Coast,

Your idea is pretty sound to me..

I would take clones from the potential mothers and label them.. so you know where each clone came from.. then I would root the clones and grow them...

then flower all the clones... if any of them turn male, throw out their corresponding mothers!!!

This is a little extra work on the front side but well worth the extra effort. And you will not loose any growing TIME.. cha ching

iloveyou


ANother consideration is to just NOT use MOTHERS.... just keep cloning your new generation before you flower the plants...

....... grow, clone, flower

This is a GREAT way to have FAST turn around without having to tend to a mother..

iloveyou

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Fixed... you stoner. lol.

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I am lost?

Garden Knowm said:

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I am lost?

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Is that what you ment to say? If not I will stfu. lol.

Hi widow...

I am confused..

cause you quoted me and then put


"Fixed.... you stoner...lol"

I was not sure what that was in reference to...

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cheers

I switched the "clones" and the "mothers" in your text. I thought that was what you ment to say. But if I am wrong then I will shut up now. lol.

Did anyone notice the thread starter has 0 post. hehehe

I see...

thanks...

Actually I ment it the way I wrote it...

If you flower the "mothers" and then throw out the corresponding clones, you wil not loose any time.. your plants will already be starting flower before your clones even root... YES!!! that means BUDs soner for you!..


Your female clones can be your new "mothers"...

cheers..

Garden Knowm said:

I see...

thanks...

Actually I ment it the way I wrote it...

If you flower the "mothers" and then throw out the corresponding clones, you wil not loose any time.. your plants will already be starting flower before your clones even root... YES!!! that means BUDs soner for you!..


Your female clones can be your new "mothers"...

cheers..

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Ahh. I understand now. Never thought of doing it that way. I guess it would save some time.

IT is revolutionary!!!!!!!

LOL

iloveyou

Well, you may say it's revolutionary, but you will lose vigor in your garden. Does it mention that in your book?

There are times when you want to keep a mother a seedplant, so all cuttings will exhibit vigor.

HTH

HEY pot roast..


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iloveyou

it is not revolutionary.. it is a joke... i was JOKING..

deep breath

iloveyou

loose VIGOR.. yikes..

nothing but a PACK of LIES!!!!!!!!! (phil collins)

lol

I'll show you VIGOR buster!!

The vigor thing.. or shall I say losing vigor thing is really just a rumor.. and if there is any validity to it, it is so minor and takes so many generations to occur that it is not even worth worrying abot..

JUST one EXAMPLE
Over 12 harvests, in 3 years, using 6600 HPS watts a garden was grown using this method.. the first harvest was over 15 lbs and every harvest was equal or more that proceeded this harvest..


iloveyou

No its not in my book... but the info is here for you to learn from on

http://rollitup.org

iloveyou

and NOW you KNOWM

Lol. you two guys crack me up. Not taking sides but I would want to keep my moms growing instead of budding. I already have my system and Im sticking to it. BUt if it was a one time thing then yeah I would bud everything.

: )

cracking up is fun!!!

iloveyou

I am not taking sides either!!!!

and that's my final answer!!!

grrrrrrrrr...

Widow Maker said:

Lol. you two guys crack me up. Not taking sides but I would want to keep my moms growing instead of budding. I already have my system and Im sticking to it. BUt if it was a one time thing then yeah I would bud everything.

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Yeah, well, I'm here to crack you up! As well as help poeple grow the best bud they can. So if I don't agree with someone, I'll say so and hopefully we both will learn from our discussion.

Yeah, Garden Knowm sez that hybrid vigor is a rumor, and that it's good to lower pH with vinegar, and he gets 3 ounces from a 4 inch plant, and blah, blah, blah. You're right, that is a crack up!

Most readers can "weed out" the drivel.

Here's a crack up, Widow Maker. I've been trying to figure out your handle. I've come up with some guesses:

1. You're a WINDOW Maker, and prone to typos.

2. You make WhiteOut, because you really can't spell very well.

3. You're a woman who wants to leave your husband behind.

4. You breed spiders.


Well, am I close on any of them?

Hey MAKER.. now do you want to take sides.. LOL....


iloveyou

Garden Knowm said:

Hey MAKER.. now do you want to take sides.. LOL....


iloveyou

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Lol. Naw hes just messin. To be honest I came up with it in less time than it took to write this. I grow white widow its my favrite so far. Sounded cool to me.

Thanks. lol. That post put a smile on my face.

for sure i never practice this i'm fonna do that shjit brozz and holla at cha with tha rezults )if it hapens i'll be very happyPPP\/