Cloning Question

porchmonkey4life

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2008

• #1

Just wondering how other experienced growers go about cloning. I have a few rooting into larger rockwool right now, about ready to go into the reserviors. I'm wondering if taking taller cuttings (say, 6-8 inches, with 3 or 4 sets of leaves on the cutting) will speed up my cloning-to-harvest process.

 

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UserFriendly

New Member

• Jan 1, 2008

• #2

you only need the growing tip and one half of a fan leaf. more foliage will slow down rooting because of the loss of water via transpiration through the larger surface area of the leaves.

 

Chiceh

Global Mod, Stoner Chic

• Jan 1, 2008

• #3

I agree, more to feed. Go with small ones with less leaves. They root faster and will grow to that size in no time.

 

porchmonkey4life

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2008

• #4

Yeah I have been misting them twice daily to avoid water loss. So how long does it take for them to grow to a normal sized plant? Should I wait until they totally root out of their cubes before putting them in reservoirs under the HID?

 

LoganSmith

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2008

• #5

I like the way Al B. fuct does it. BIG cutting into a rockwool cube. Once the roots are in place the plant is all ready 8" tall. So mabe a few more days for the roots to take place but you are saving time with the bigger clone.

Hope this helps

 

BSIv2.0

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2008

• #6

Bigger cuttings produce bigger plants faster. Especially if you plan on 0 veg time.

I tried it with my White Rhino and got some pretty big plants damned quick. No harder to clone than smaller cuttings as far as I experienced. Actually my bigger cuttings rooted faster than the smaller normal sized clones in the same hydrohut.

This was a 9" slip.

 

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porchmonkey4life

Well-Known Member

• Jan 2, 2008

• #7

o.k. thanks, guys. So, if I'm in my 3rd week of flowering, would it be too late to take larger cuttings at this time? I mean, would it stress my mothers? I don't wanna freak them into hermes. I know clones take the age of the mothers they're cut from, so should I put them under the HID with their moms or let them root under the flouros in the humidity dome for a bit first?