GenePerfect
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So ive tried 3 different cuttings, none took. Any way is cloning better than reveggng the old girl over and over? Its all personal so its quality is a priority. Cheers
Cloning or re veg?
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kentuckyboy
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I'm about to try my hand with cloning here in a few weeks for the first time. What process did you use to clone with? What type of lights did you use? What medium? Did you use cloning powder/gel?
massah
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revegging takes alot of time as you have to stimulate the plant to return to its vegitative cycle after being harvested(1-2 months+)...it is much quicker to do clones, but the later in flowering a clone is taken the longer it takes to revert to veg and develop a root system as well. So instead of the normal 7-10 days for a veg clone to grow roots, it can take 2-4 weeks+ for a flowering clone to develop roots.
If you can get a good clone to make roots I'd veg it out for a while to turn it into a mother plant and take more cuttings from there.
If you can get a good clone to make roots I'd veg it out for a while to turn it into a mother plant and take more cuttings from there.
asdewqasdfgh
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ive also never cloned before. if growing in soil do you just take the cutting, dip in rooting stimulant, and throw her right in the soil? you dont need a different medium right?
massah
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You can do just that, but be careful of some "soils" as if they contain alot of nutrients it may be too "hot" for the plant to grow roots and it will just die...its best to use something that is nutrientless to clone in like peat pellets, or rockwool cubes
GenePerfect
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I use rockwool and coco, ive used perlite, soil and mixes of horticultural sand. Coco is the easiest to monitor nutes and correct defficiencys in. Rockwool is the best for cloning as it will hold moisture longer, makes it easier for me. I use clonex purple. I use a warm 48w fluro. Ive revegged from last grow which was in a soil, perlite and sand mix. I switch to coco to re veg, there were only 2 tiny buds left on and i revegged for a month in 400w sodium and was left with a meter wide canopy of new growth. The roots are able to move better through coco. So my re veg was actually rapid. Its because the roots were still able to suck up as much energy from the medium to support what the plant used to be before harvest. So obviously i toned back the nutes untill about 2 weeks, when 2 15 cm growth shoots were ready to be tied down. Kick up the nutes for the next 2 weeks and filled out the canopy, tieing down more and more each day. Now im 3 weeks into flower and its huge. I swear by reveg, but need to be able to increase my clone success rate, just so i dont kill my girl