First time cloning my plant is 10 weeks into flowering

darkdestruction420 said:

Alright, i should of said it clearer. it wont do you any good, its technically possible, but where are all these people who clone the crap out of autoflowering plants you speak of? I've been doing this a long time and spent countless hours on here and other sites and your the first person out of thousands to ever say its a good idea. if u would go and do your homework you'd see any experienced grower would never do this or recommend it. your just stressing the plant, your yield is not going to increase from it. it will decrease it.

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darkdestruction420 said:

you do not need to change the water when water cloning, make sure they do not get any direct light. as for cloning in flowering being worse than a clone taken from vegging its a total myth, I prefer them to be honest. Heres the info that opened my eyes-
What is a Flowering Clone?

This question arises just about everytime I mention the wonderful advantages of the Flowering clone. So, to answer a few questions that get asked frequently. I see a need for this post. A long while back a man named feral introduced us to a new way of taking clones that has taken away the need to top plants or try the fimming technique. Not only do they root well. They also will blow you away with how fast they develop branches.

What is a flowering clone?
Simply put, it is a clone taken at or around 21 days flowering or later. Day 21 seems to be the best time but clones can be taken at any point thereafter and you will get the same effect. Keep in mind. This isnt written in stone. I dont have facts for you but I do have experience with these litte giants. I just want to share something that may increase a yeild for someone out there. Keeping the numbers of plants down is a good idea for alot of growers out there. Medical growers often will have limits. If your out there and you have a medical card. It cant be stressed enough that you follow the guidelines. You guys are the bright future for mj reform in many countries. I can only envy you at the moment but one of these days I hope to be able to grow without so much fear. Okay, that said...lol. I knew I shouldnt have eaten those cookies before starting to write today...lol. I have taken clones just prior to harvest and had no problem rooting them. There are many myths out there concerning a flowering clones ability to root. As in many myths the clones get a bad rap. The truth is, a flowering clone is a fully mature plant. It is ready and willing to root quickly to continue its flowering process. The cambium layer is mature at this point making the formation of roots easier. The cambium layer is a celluar layer just below the bark from where the roots come from. So, truth is. They will and do root well.

Why use a flowering clone?
This is a simple question to answer. Just take a look at the attatched pictures. The branching power of the flowering clone is unbelievable compaired to any other clone I've dealt with. In fact, one usually has to prune some of these branches before flowering starts to direct energy into the larger cola's. I guess the proper question here is why one wouldnt use a flowering clone? I have seen products out there that boast that they stimulate branching. Lol.... why spend money on that when massive branching is simply a few clips away? Let me give you an example. I am currently growing a scrog with a single plant on each side. The screens are 3'x3'. I have 112 holes to be filled in each screen. Out of the 224 holes only 24 do not have a budsite in them. I counted the budsites on one half of one screen and came up with 62 so far and Im only 23 days into flowering so far. I've done seed grows in this fashion and never come up with the amount of sites I get with flowering clones. Another great application for the flowering clone is growing outdoors. I gave thirty of these little jewels to an outdoor cultivator a few years back. All the plants stayed low and got super bushy. To avoid detection a small profile plant is ideal for outdoor cultivators. Try this method once and I imagine you will never take a vegging clone again.
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biochicken said:

So, I happen to be ~25 days into flowering and I thought I'd give your post a quick trial...

I am new to this so I hope this isn't a stupid question... Do you put the clones on a 12/12 or 18/6 schedule?

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biochicken said:

So, I happen to be ~25 days into flowering and I thought I'd give your post a quick trial...

I am new to this so I hope this isn't a stupid question... Do you put the clones on a 12/12 or 18/6 schedule?

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moash said:

if u leave them on 12/12,they will follow the same life cycle as the mother
and u dont want that

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biochicken said:

Perfect! Thank you, both of you! I kinda thought that they should go to 18/6 but I just wanted to verify.

I'll post some pic's in ~14 days and let you know how many produced roots. They are from a predominantly Sativa strain called Cannon Ball, or so I was told when I was given the seeds.

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spliff of piff said:

my clones are about 5 days old and no roots at all..leaves arnt droping yet

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spliff of piff said:

my clones are about 5 days old and no roots at all..leaves arnt droping yet

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cerealkilla said:

you can safely clone from flower if you are doing sog, but if you require a veg stage much quicker easier and less stressful to take them in veg stage or very early into flower. i have a fully rooted cutting of kush that has been under 400 hps for nearly 6 weeks and has done nothing. very dissapointing but my own fault for taking them too late, cut at your own risk!!

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darkdestruction420 said:

What light cycle do you have them on? you must be doing something wrong, read that post up above and see if your doing anything different. Their is no such thing as too late and they should of reverted to veg by now.

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