hey victor v got a ?

how big do u cut your clones? i took a few biger branches and their not rooting should i cut the side growth off any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

clones only need a few leaves to take root. The more leaf its got the more it has to support rather than concentrate on root development.

I cut my clones at only a few inches... as there are certain strains that will stretch anyway. The less there is to support, the more quickly the cutting should take root.

I appreciate the question. I am not the one to talk to about this. Widow, potroast, mogie, fdd, filthy fletch,vote to legalize, etc. have all done this repeatedly. I'm having the same problem you are. I didn't start trying to develop mothers until about a month or so ago. I take about 40 clones a month, most have been from vegging plants being moved into flowering. I think widow and potroast take closer to 300. AL B has a thread on cloning. It will probably be another year before I feel comfortable giving directions on taking them from mother plants. I do recommend practicing by taking a clone or two from plants as you move them. Now I have to go back and stare at your avatar for a while. VV

Thanx Skunk. VV

VictorVIcious said:

Thanx Skunk. VV

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Thanks. I'm hanging around the unanswered posts section a fair amount lately... so long as i stay clear of giving advice on organics, i'm pretty much ok.

butter' what system are you using to clone? I'm imagining fairly large cuttings just stuck in some water... maybe a little root gel in there.

If you go into NGT's profile, there's a video on clones.

i use rapid rooters with gell cut under water in a dome mist mutiple times a day

having apx 50% sucess rate mostly with thin stem and hardly any leafs are the ones that root mostly

butter111 said:

i use rapid rooters with gell cut under water in a dome mist mutiple times a day

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sweet.

well the cuttings can't be as big as I imagined then.

Really you should have 100% success rate, maybe lose the odd one here or there.

how quickly do they root in a rapid rooter?

when they do it takes about 6 days

the ones that are failing have stems bigger than a no 2 pencil

how many side shoots do you leave on the clones? anyone

i leave just one set below the top set. Then if there are any large leaves, I'll trim these down too, so that the weight of the leaf isn't too heavy.

cool ok so ill start cutting my dam cat keeps eating my plants so ill have some food for him also

the pic is my wife 10 years ago she likes the pic but doesnt like where i put it

butter111 said:

the pic is my wife 10 years ago she likes the pic but doesnt like where i put it

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Well, judging from the pic... I can see where you like to put it.

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