cloning plantS

ive been cloning weed for 10 months and thought id try some tomatoes. does anyone know where to cut them from? i guess i would like to know what the easiest plants to clone are also? i have an e z cloner and always get about 98% success


thanks again for any tips

its easy growin um from seed never heard of anyone clonning toms

clone it as if it were mj and you'll do fine.

I've tryed.
Failed.
Gave up.

Guys, tomatoes are just as simple as marijuana.

All you have to do is make sure you cut a growth tip is all. In tomatoes these are generally called "suckers". They grow off the main stem(s) at nodes. Just slice one off and root it. You can also root the end of the vine but cutting that can halt all future growth.

The thing that confuses many people is the leaves of the tomato are a compound leaf - what looks like several leaves is actually just one. You follow the leaf stem off the main branch and there will be small leaves on each side and one on the tip. That whole thing is just one leaf and you're not likely to see any success rooting that.

Look for the curled new growth - that's where you can start a clone from. Let that get reasonably sized and clone it.


If you have trouble, try a rooting gel. I've been using Advanced Nutrients new stuff, Juicy Roots, with literally 100% success.

thats a badass tomatoe in your pic.

johndoe2216751 said:

thats a badass tomatoe in your pic.

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Yeah, I "borrowed" the pic from the internet. My tomatoes usually end up tasting a lot better than they look, but I'm getting better all the time so I'm hoping to get some nice pics of my own soon.

yea i would try cutting off a good 5-6 tall stem near the top or upper middle of the plant just like marijuana. it should clone just fine. if u want easy to clone plants get succulents. they practically clone themselves. and they look cool

Yup, and you can clone from the main tip or the suckers. If your tomato is an indeterminate, which has no genetic "off" switch for the growth of a vine, you'll actually want to chop off the main tip if you don't want it to just keep growing and growing.

Determinate tomatoes grow like a bush. They hold themselves upright and grow until they reach a certain size/height and then switch off. After they've borne all the fruit that they start, they're done. Indeterminates grow long vines with suckers that can also become long vines and they only stop growing and bearing fruit when the weather changes to prevent it.

In nature the indeterminates grow across the ground and can cover massive areas. They'll also put down roots all along the vines wherever the stem touches the ground enough. In gardens most people support the vines with terraces and such to keep the fruit up off the ground. It's healthier for the plant, too.

I accidently broke one of tomato plants branches off at work. I took it and put it in coffee mug of water. It was what was available! I was going to bring it home and put it in the cloner but I kept forgetting (stoner move). It sat on my desk for about three days. I pulled it out of the cloudy mug of water and was surprised to see roots sticking out the sides. Took it home put it in the cloner and in two days it had a nice root ball so I planted it. It is vegging now with the rest of the ladies in the room.

Back in june we got hit by a wind storm and a lot of my garden got recked. Some of my tomato plants fell over and i was unable to straighten the garden out for a week or so due to work. When i finely went in to stand the plants back up, they had begun to root thenselves lying on the ground SIDEWAYS I was amazed at what little survivalest they were.


Just a note, I CANT SPELL WORTH A SHIT

When cloning any plant you need to take it off at a node so roots can grow there. There are a few plants that don't clone well. I would think tomatoes would clone in a similar manner as marijuana as already mentioned.

misshestermoffitt said:

When cloning any plant you need to take it off at a node so roots can grow there. There are a few plants that don't clone well. I would think tomatoes would clone in a similar manner as marijuana as already mentioned.

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Absolutely, there's a reason they compare MJ and tomatoes so much.

Just look for a growth tip and you'll do fine. They're easy to spot, they're a tight bunch of miniature leaves that are usually a little paler green than the rest. They look soft, delicate, and a little fuzzy.

I always cut below the growth tip and include one mature leaf below that, sometimes two. So if you're cutting a sucker (side growth) you want to let it get big enough there's a least a full grown leaf.

A quick dunk in my rooting gel just to be sure and that's that.

If someone can help I bought a cloning machine from HTG supply its a 8 site daisy cloner with mist sprayers and cups etc. If any one no's what I'm talking about help me please. The cutting's look fine they just won't root. Its says 3 to ten days. Does humidity have alot to do with it or what else can it be,or does it take longer than it says. I scraped the side a inch from the bottom so the roots can emerge. I even put a little slit. I added a small amount of jump start solution to it. How does someone raise humidity in there room with out buying a humidifiyer. I'm so sorry for the long message. You can hit me up at [email protected] also. I do not know how to check messages on this site so email please [email protected] Please.

jarjunior said:

If someone can help I bought a cloning machine from HTG supply its a 8 site daisy cloner with mist sprayers and cups etc. If any one no's what I'm talking about help me please. The cutting's look fine they just won't root. Its says 3 to ten days. Does humidity have alot to do with it or what else can it be,or does it take longer than it says. I scraped the side a inch from the bottom so the roots can emerge. I even put a little slit. I added a small amount of jump start solution to it. How does someone raise humidity in there room with out buying a humidifiyer. I'm so sorry for the long message. You can hit me up at [email protected] also. I do not know how to check messages on this site so email please [email protected] Please.

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It sounds to me like you're just trying too hard. Keep it simple and complicate it from there. Get a good cutting, dip in a good rooting hormone, and keep it in aerated water. If that doesn't work figure out what's wrong (temp, humidity, etc) and fix that one thing.

You've got too many variables IMO.

I've found that if my plants are receiving plenty of water through the leaves they don't root as fast. I spray the leaves the first day and put a dome on, on the second day the dome comes off and they get one more spray, then no more spraying unless they look wilty.

I've been using plastic soda bottles for cloning. The green ones. I leave the labels on the to keep the light off the roots. It makes it a lot easier to see when the roots have reached the bottom. Then they go into bigger regular pots. Just carefully slice the bottle open and take the plant out to repot.

That's a good point. A bit part of the success in cloning is from convincing the plant it's vital to grow roots as fast as possible. The other part, of course, is providing it with anything it needs to do this.

Roots provide water and nutrients to the plant, so to need more roots the plant has to have not enough of one or both. Excess transpiration through the leaves creates water-debt that forces it to grow roots in response.

A high humidity environment helps prevent the plant from dehydrating and dying too fast, but if you give it too much moisture it can be lazy and decide roots aren't quite as vital.

You don't really have to worry about nutrients generally if your cutting is big enough, it can use stored energy to grow for many days.


The one thing I give them to help things along is hormones. The natural plant hormones used to grow roots, provided in abundance, help out a lot.