When should I clone my plant?

I am growing in a 2 gallon DWC. I have included a complete log of all interactions with plant. I have two questions. When should I clone this plant. It is starting to look like flowering is either starting or has started. There are defined "white hair clusters" forming. The resemble the beginning of "buds". Lastly am I feeding my plant too much?

You should have cloned your plant before you flipped to flower. If you clone after they are flowering you will have rooting flowering clones. Even if you cut them and put them on 18 or 24 hours of light they still have been flipped to flower so they will still root but you will have to wait a long time for them to revert back to the veg stage. They can have odd shaped weird growth too when you try to revert a flowering plant back to veg.

Do it before you flip them to flower next time.

You should invest in a ppm/tds meter to show you how powerful your nutrient mixture is then you can tell for certain how strong the food is you are feeding your plants in different stages of growth.

csmott said:

I am growing in a 2 gallon DWC. I have included a complete log of all interactions with plant. I have two questions. When should I clone this plant. It is starting to look like flowering is either starting or has started. There are defined "white hair clusters" forming. The resemble the beginning of "buds". Lastly am I feeding my plant too much?

Plant	Date	Height	Food Unit	Food	Food Branding	Lighting	Notes
2	11/21/2013		2 Tbps	3-1-4	Bontanicare Power Plant	18hrs	Put in bucket
2	11/26/2013					18hrs	Roots well into water at least 4 inches. Plant looks strong and vibrant. 3 nodes
2	12/2/2013					18hrs	Looking girly
2	12/5/2013		2 Tbps	10-5-14	General Hydroponics MaxiGro	18hrs	Changed Water for fresh water and added food
2	12/8/2013					18hrs	Looking very very nice. Looking very femine
2	12/11/2013		2 Tbps	10-5-14	General Hydroponics MaxiGro	18hrs	Changed Water for fresh water and added food
2	12/16/2013		2 Tbps	10-5-14	General Hydroponics MaxiGro	18hrs	Looked very well plant is growing nice. Feeder leaves dying near base of the plant. Buds are starting to form
2	12/19/2013					18hrs	Noticing rusty leaves not really bad but more than three or four leaves look like this. What is wrong I wonder

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That's a spiffy grid right there. Gonna start logging all my interactions with my plants.

#1st Interaction - Burned and inhaled smoke from plant flower.

#2 et cetera

I do completely change out my water at least once a week.

Will any ppm/tds meter work? I see them on ebay for as low as 9 dollars (USD). Should the ppm/tds meter have certain features or functionality?

@BCOGYODA, He hasn't flipped yet, he's still on 18hrs if i read it right, but as you said, i wouldn't even start a dwc without a tds and ph meter.

@csmott, is this an auto, if so you cant take clones from autos, if its a normal photo period then it wont be flowering if its still on 18hrs of light. Get some pics up and people will be better able to help you mate.

Ya kind of confusing there csmott. You show on that chart 18 hrs (sorry didn't see that before) but then you say flowering is starting and buds are forming??
Do you just mean pre flowers? A couple little pistils showing at the nodes?

Is this plant grown from seed or a clone?

I dunno about a $9 meter. You kind of get what you pay for with some electronic stuff. Some of them also show temp on them which is a good thing. The more common ones hydro stores sell are more in the $50-$100 range.