Clonning question
- Thread starter robside
- Start date
Pureblood89
Well-Known Member
no it won't work, all its energy is being spent to produce buds, not roots, it will most likely die and if it doesn't it will stay the same size. only take clones from vegging plants
Pureblood89
Well-Known Member
because it's budding, growing is slowing down! it won't focus on root developement when it's budding. if you take a clone from a vegging plant, use rooting gel or powder, it has hormones that make it root, then you can stick it in soil, rockwool, lava rocks etc...
tomalock
Active Member
It will but to a lesser degree, meaning out of 5 last year only 1 lived and this winter I "rooted" a bud tip from a different plant. I let it take root and double in size (yes it is slow to get going and yes it was a tip of a bud), I let it grow till it doubled in size under 12/12 lights, then come spring/warm weather I set it outside to revert to the veggin state and now it has 5 main branches growing from that "stump" now (it has grown into a stump more or less) plus the main cola. I'm letting it grown just like it is.
But it is best to take the clones from the female when in the veggin state, better success rate, less stress, and just plain easier.
robside
Active Member
how will i no its a female before sexing plant??
Dawnseal
Member
It's not recommended to take cuttings from plants that are in flowering, but It can be done....I'm new at this my self and since I only had a couple of plants that turned out to be female, I did just that, about two weeks into flowering. I've read on RIU several postings were ppl have said they had success doing so. According to what I've read in the (Medical Grower's Bible by Jorge Cervantes) " Clones taken from flowering plants root quickly but require a month or longer to revert back to vegetative growth. Such rejuvenated clones are more prone to pest and disease attacks". Well so far the 4 that I cloned are doing great... HOWEVER I used a rooting gel and followed cloning inst. I found in Jorge's book as well, so all I can suggest is to look on RIU further and judge for your self, there's a lot of pro's and con's regarding taking cuttings from flowering plants....... good luck
Pureblood89
Well-Known Member
what dawn said is very true, yes it is possible to take clones from a flowering plant, but in the end it will take more time and effort to produce, with less yeild, just take the clones from something vegging, i'm just looking out for your best interest bro.
tomalock
Active Member
Research and/or experience, get a book by Jorge Cervantes, he writes books on growing cannabis, it will help alot and pretty much answer your questions. If I was to tell you what I look for to sex them you would have no way of knowing what I was talking about without a point of reference. If your just wanting some buds to smoke I would veg them till I had 4 good main branching and pinch the top and send it to budding then I would have 8 main colas, and when the males shown there pre-flowers I would kill them and leave the female. Other than that you must learn the sexing yourself, it's alot easier when you get experience and study it.
There are just some things you must do/learn yourself, sorry.
CalBear209
Member
I clone my plants in the first few weeks of flowering all the time, so do all my friends.
You still have to dip in root gel and incubate them for 2-3 weeks in a cloning tray just like any other clones.
Switch the lights on the clones to 18/6 at least a week before you transplant the clones to get them used to the light change, 24 hr light will make the plants have strange growth with all 1-2- or 3 leaf nodes until you veg them long enough to switch them out of bud cycle
You still have to dip in root gel and incubate them for 2-3 weeks in a cloning tray just like any other clones.
Switch the lights on the clones to 18/6 at least a week before you transplant the clones to get them used to the light change, 24 hr light will make the plants have strange growth with all 1-2- or 3 leaf nodes until you veg them long enough to switch them out of bud cycle
Yup-- I've not heard, of ANY successful clonings, that were done from flowering plants, with the exception, of one or two special occaisions---. Clones, should ALWAYS be taken, from nothing but the HEALHIEST of Momma plants, that are in a Veggitave groth state. Cuttungs take root ALOT faster, and are way more likely to succeed in the rooting process,(Which in some cases--can take up to 2-3 or more weeks)and survive under the stress of being hacked off "Momma".Some folks use a cloning machine, but I use what my Mammie used on her house-plants, and thats a rooting gel, some sterilized white gauze to wrap the stalk up in(coated w/rooting-gel),and a dome of some sort, that will alow light through, and keep in the moisture & humidity---
CalBear209
Member
My last set of clones were taken off a plant 3 weeks into budding.
I had a full tray of 50 and 40 rotted and got translanted.
The problem was i had them on 24 hr light and put them outside 1-1/2 months ago and they went right into budding.
I gave 20 of the clones to my buddy and he still has them growing under an hps 18/6 hour light, the clones are doing good and all the 1/2/3 leaf nodes are gone and the plants are normal and healthy.
This is not the first time I saw rooted clones that were cut off a budding plant. They do work try it if you do not beloved me
I have pics of the budding clones and of the plants they turned into but they do have ugly 3 leaf nodes
I had a full tray of 50 and 40 rotted and got translanted.
The problem was i had them on 24 hr light and put them outside 1-1/2 months ago and they went right into budding.
I gave 20 of the clones to my buddy and he still has them growing under an hps 18/6 hour light, the clones are doing good and all the 1/2/3 leaf nodes are gone and the plants are normal and healthy.
This is not the first time I saw rooted clones that were cut off a budding plant. They do work try it if you do not beloved me
I have pics of the budding clones and of the plants they turned into but they do have ugly 3 leaf nodes
EagleEyeHamThrust
Active Member
It's possible, but very difficult to get a clone off of a flowering plant. Even if you do, it can take up to 2 months of 24 hour light to revert it back to veg.
EagleEyeHamThrust
Active Member
Yes you can. You can let the clone grow a bit and clone it, take clones off that, let them grow, clone them and so on until the end of time. Read the cloning guide in my signature for more info 
dankasaurusrex
Well-Known Member
can easily be done. as others have mentioned, not necessarily with the same success rate. But if you keep them under the right conditions (read up on cloning on this site) you'll be just fine. I've tried clonex, olivias, and dip-n-grow and feel personally that dip-n-grow works the best. Hope this helps!! good luck my friend.
Best instance, to take your replicas(clones) is when the "Momma" is in a Veggitave state,ABSOLUTLY the healthiest "Spriggs" should be used--Cuttings shouldn't be extreemlyLlite green, as this is an indication of a bit too much Nitrogen,(in my opinion) and rooting marijuana plants, don't like Nitro, when trying to root. I've cut offspring from a 3 week old Northern Lights,('Bout 14 in'' tall w/5 nodes, and they ALL popped roots, in less than two weeks. This all depends, on what you're growing bro= some take a bit longer than others, but as a general rule, if it isn't "Up & Growing" in 3 weeks or so, better check the bottom of the stock, it will probably be shrunken up, and not allowing the passage of water, or "Nutes" to the cutting... Pull from medium, "Re-slice" the bottom of the cutting, "Re-gel" the cut you just made, wrap in sterile white gauze(just two-three wraps), and stick it back into the medium it was in,adding a small amount of "Rooting Solution" to keep moisture around the bottom of the stock,and set the cutting under a "Moisture Dome",as before. This has ALWAYS worked very well for me,(thanks to my Mammie!),and with a little "Trial & Error" you'll be battin' a 1,000 !
I Hope this will help, but if not===READ DA BOOK !!!
Shoveldon
(Here's mud in yer face!)
I Hope this will help, but if not===READ DA BOOK !!!
Shoveldon
(Here's mud in yer face!)
DankShasta
Active Member
I've done this alot actually, and still with near 100% survival. After week four though, fuck it.
Before day 28 or so though it works no prob. You need some grow plugs or similiar medium, not just plain dirt. Just dont be in a hurry, get a piece from as far down the plant as you can, trim off, or cut 2/3rds off all but two or three leaves. Actually they are so hardened from being in flower that the trick is to have the plug only "moist" and don't fuck with a dome unless you have really low ambient humidity. Also be patient, it's going to take it a long time. For two weeks it might just sit there and do nothing! When you just have that plug moist, not at all wet, you have to put a few drops in there almost daily, but never get too wet. I'm telling you they are 100% you just gotta wait a long time without fungus, or disease eating the weak little bitches up.