take clones from a flowering plant?

I have some seeds started, but I was wondering if this is something I can do.. can I put the plants right into flowering light to weed out the males, then once they show sex, can I take clippings from them and put the new clones into veg light? would that be ok or would it stress the plants to much? do clones have to be taken "before" they start to flower and show sex?

I read that it's ok in the first week of flowering, directly after you figure out what you got. Don't hold me to it but hope this helps

Bro, I did this and the clones were pretty small plants in week 7. Wouldn't recommend this, but if you have to. I actually took a flowering female and turned her back into vegitative Mother... She had some excellent clones after the veggy period.. Good luck

roseypanties said:

Bro, I did this and the clones were pretty small plants in week 7. Wouldn't recommend this, but if you have to. I actually took a flowering female and turned her back into vegitative Mother... She had some excellent clones after the veggy period.. Good luck

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thanks, good to know someone else has done it successfully. about how long do you think it'd take from seedling to cloned mother, to ready to clip 10 clones from the new mother plant?

lorenzo08 said:

thanks, good to know someone else has done it successfully. about how long do you think it'd take from seedling to cloned mother, to ready to clip 10 clones from the new mother plant?

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Lots of variables like soil...hydro...lighting...strain...temps etc but as a rule I would think from seed to mother would be 6-8 weeks. 3 weeks in seedling and 3-5 weeks in veg at least. Again, thats assuming the enviroment is good. Goos luck!

Not reccommended!
Most likely u will be the proud parent of a hermie.
If everything works out, at best u will have a weaker strain than what u should.
I know u want to rush this shit, but its not a thing to rush...
It's proven that when u revert a pot plant it loses potency. This can be minimal or severe.
Try this method instead...
Start seeds, wait until they are big enough to take a clone from each.
Take a clone, label it, and send the plants into flower after u take a cut.
In two weeks, the clones will be rooted, and u will know which ones to keep. This is the fastest way to pick mothers. All that other b.s. is bad practice....

CustomHydro said:

Try this method instead... Start seeds, wait until they are big enough to take a clone from each. Take a clone, label it, and send the plants into flower after u take a cut. In two weeks, the clones will be rooted, and u will know which ones to keep. This is the fastest way to pick mothers. All that other b.s. is bad practice....

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thanks, sounds like a pro answer. I'll try to explain what I have going on. I have an 8x8 room to use temporarily until my permanent room is ready. I have some vegetables fruiting in there at the moment, and I put new seedlings in there also. I haven't found a quick and easy way to split the room yet, so everything in there is on a 12/12 cycle. I would rather have the seedlings on a 24 hour cycle, but don't have a room for that yet. they're about 2 inches tall now. is it to late to move to 18/6 or 24?

I agree with Custom, but you can take flowering clones. Day 20/21 of flowering is ideal. Remember though, clones are the exact same plant as the one it was taken from. So make sure that once flowering clones even start to root, start 12/12.

From seeds, It took me about 1 1/2 months to successfuly clone from a mother plant. Some take longer. I did the Not Recommended way and started to flower ALL my seeds right away and when I found a female, i moved her to the veg chamber. (NOT recommended at all), but got a sucessful mother and cut her down and would still have great cuttings, if she didnt die from neglect......all a learning experience

damn nigga! an 8x8 is your TEMPORARY room? this is why i need a house. apartment growing has to many fucking stipulations.

oh yeah but on that other shit: my current mom was part of a bag seed crop i got flowering now(and taking their merry fucking time). i flowered them all, threw out the males and runts at about a weeks and a half and at this time, i took one back into veg. it stayed female, and i now have clones from it, but we'll see how these clones do, no promises yet, could turn to shit.

this was a simple soil grow with a 400hps and miracle grow. my veg lite stays on 24/7.

but from what i understand i've had a streak of beginners luck, only one male in the crop. so i'd listen to these guys and clone first.

hope i helped

PS: its cool to clone soil plants into hydro right? just making sure. first time dro grow.

splif face killah said:

damn nigga! an 8x8 is your TEMPORARY room? this is why i need a house. apartment growing has to many fucking stipulations.

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haha, yeah.. I wish the room was secure enough to grow in, but it's not. everything gets moved into stealth once that room is ready. it will be about 4x7 with a 4 foot ceiling. a little cramped, but it should fit. one day I'd like to do a perpetual grow in something like an 8x8 shed.

roseypanties said:

From seeds, It took me about 1 1/2 months to successfuly clone from a mother plant. Some take longer. I did the Not Recommended way and started to flower ALL my seeds right away and when I found a female, i moved her to the veg chamber. (NOT recommended at all), but got a sucessful mother and cut her down and would still have great cuttings, if she didnt die from neglect......all a learning experience

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any noticeable side-effects like decreased potancy or smaller harvest?

splif face killah said:

PS: its cool to clone soil plants into hydro right? just making sure. first time dro grow.

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yeah, that's fine to do. I've seen a bunch of people growing their mother plant in soil then hydro for the clones. in my opinion, it might possibly be a little more reliable and less maintenance to have the mother in soil. I was just thinking about that. I'll have enough to monitor and keep track of with the hydro systems. maybe an automatic feed soil set up would be best for the mother.

hmm, well i only cloned about 3 days ago, no roots yet, ive thought about putting mild nutes in like the "harvest every 2 weeks" guy does. also my puppy took a couple healthy servings off that bitch so shes been through a lot in the past 6 weeks. between the dog, going back into veg and the clones, im surprised shes doing as well as she is. we'll see about the clones though.

as far as potency goes, its bag weed, if grown sensi, its chronic, but it aint nothing special, we'll see.

lorenzo08 said:

yeah, that's fine to do. I've seen a bunch of people growing their mother plant in soil then hydro for the clones. in my opinion, it might possibly be a little more reliable and less maintenance to have the mother in soil. I was just thinking about that. I'll have enough to monitor and keep track of with the hydro systems. maybe an automatic feed soil set up would be best for the mother.

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i was thinking the same shit, its way easier to keep mothers in soil, especially if you aint cloning them at the current moment, keeps them from growing too big to store.

splif face killah said:

i was thinking the same shit, its way easier to keep mothers in soil, especially if you aint cloning them at the current moment, keeps them from growing too big to store.

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automated gravity feed, sounds best to me right now. to bad I haven't done any research at all into soil growing.

kinda off topic, I have 2 sets of peppers growing. I have a bunch out side growing in soil. those started to flower first. they started to fruit about 2 weeks ago. I have a second set (3 plants) inside in an ebb and flow system. they flowered a week later, and started fruiting at about the same time. the ones outside are about an inch long at most. I have 2 nice peppers growing inside already, about 3 inches long and getting big very fast. amazing. can't wait to have merry-j flowers to look at every day.

Mothers in soil works well for grow ops that are small, and will only take cuttlings about 1 time per month or less...
For perpetual ops, u will need to maintain more mothers, and change them out more frequently, that can be a lot of soil to move....
Something like Rockwool will be a lot lighter, and can be compacted to dispose of...
Hydroton, can be good, cuz it can be re-used, but can also invite disease...

If u all are looking for an easy way about doing things look into Ebb&Flo...
It is commonly mistaken as being difficult because it is Hydro, but it is (in my opinion) easier than soil.
Soil takes humans to run, so human error is a problem, Flood tables are all automated, they water to the same height everytime, at the right time. They also water everything for u. No lugging around buckets or shit like that.

CustomHydro said:

If u all are looking for an easy way about doing things look into Ebb&Flo...

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already have an ebb and flow table set up for my peppers. I love it! my fav way to grow. I'd have the seedlings in the ebb and flow if it wasn't to much water for them.. I've been manually watering them every few days. they're still very young.


I think my problem is solved. I put the seedlings on a separate light timer and put a blanket over the whole thing. there's a small fan at one end, blowing fresh air into the space, so it wont get overly warm or humid. they are 2 weeks old today, so I'm hoping it's early enough that the time change doesn't affect them. they're on 18/6 now.