Cloning a clone

I know it can be done but my question is a bit more specific. Can I clone a clone that's being vegged, and add the new cut clone into the current harvest cycle alongside the original? Can it be done multiple times? If I had one clone, could I continuously clone it until I had 6 then finally let them grow and then flower?
It would save me some money. I'd like to do 6 plants but if I could just get 2 or 3 clones, clone those and add them to the current grow, that would be awesome. Sorry if this has been answered before but Google was no help.

Also, since I have you here, I'm doing a 1000w HID DWC 5x5x6.66' setup soon, scrog yay or nay?

Yes of course you can. Just veg your clone long enough to take enough clones.

As far as ScrOG, depends how many plants. Its not easy to tuck, tie and manipulate branches on multiple plant inside a tent. You could probably do 4 if you can get around you tent to the different doors to work on them. But you have a 1000w HPS so your penetration on normal plants will be great anyway.

Awesome to hear I'll probably just start normal at first since I was thinking anywhere from 4-8 plants, and it's my first grow as well.

I've been cloning the same genetics for many, many generations (years). Never any problems. Great, strong strain.

Dumme said:

I've been cloning the same genetics for many, many generations (years). Never any problems. Great, strong strain.

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Yeah, used to see a lot of folks claiming the genetics degrade and the clones lose vigour over time.
Which is crazy, I see guys on here growing some strains from the 60s-70s from clone. At least that's one myth we don't see brought up very often.

I've exclusively and perpetually clone from a clone since 2009 with no issues. clean tools, clean surfaces, healthy plants....go a long way to success. Hundreds of copies of copies.....

dirty tools, unhealthy plants, chems....go a long way to degrading each copy btw

Not very practical. Clone donor moms should be 6 weeks old before they give up cuttings to be clones. By the time the second generation clone is 6 weeks old the original mom has been vegging at least 12 weeks. Most all strains will start to self-flower before 12 weeks vegging. Better to set up a perpetual grow where you produce 2 clones a week while harvesting 2 plants a week. That way you don't end up with a veg room full of plants.

I employ the set-up described above. I take 2-3 clones from a 6 week old donor mom and immediately put the donor mom to flower.

Good luck, BigSteve.

This is excellent advice.

chemphlegm said:

I've exclusively and perpetually clone from a clone since 2009 with no issues. clean tools, clean surfaces, healthy plants....go a long way to success. Hundreds of copies of copies.....

dirty tools, unhealthy plants, chems....go a long way to degrading each copy btw

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Degrading comes from not making enough clones. If you have a plant and take just one clone from it, it is possible during meiosis for an abnormality and it only reproduces that abnormality. Granted most clones have multiple growth buds like a terminal bud and a few axillary buds, so even then a portion of the plant could be completely okay with a mutant branch or a mutant plant with a good branch.

To prevent such things always go with your gut. Take multiple clones from healthy looking branches and destroy unhealthy clones (unless your looking for mutants).

Dumme said:

I've been cloning the same genetics for many, many generations (years). Never any problems. Great, strong strain.

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The guy I get my OGK cuts from every year has kept the genetics alive for cloning forever

My legal plant numbers are in my filled veg room with copies of my requested strains, multiple copies even. its like a shopping store of cuts in there for variety. as needed they're put into the flower room after copied again.