can you clone autos?

thanks for the input everyone:thumbsup:
Reaper i hear what your saying, and you have some good points, if i lived in the USA with your over strict laws on cannabis i wouldn't bother either, but it's alot more relaxed here in the UK,you would only get a slap on the wrists if caught with a hobby grow, and thats what all my grows are.i only grow in the summer outdoors:)as for the potency i found my lowryder2 to be a nice smoke and quite strong thats probally the santa maria genetics,but like you said the yield is shit:(
Redtails let us know how you get on with the cuttings, very curious about the outcome :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by oldmac

Hey there Redtails,
while the lowryder X santa maria was crap, the lowryder X Ak47 was quite tastee and had good head to it.

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Oldmac i was still replying whilst you posted, it took me 20 mins to reply, you know what it's like sometimes when stoned the mind keeps going blank LOL:D have to disagree with you on the LR2 like i posted i found it a nice smoke and quite strong all my mates were quite impressed with it allso:thumbsup:thanks for reminding me of the AK47 cross, did hear it was quite good, another to consider for the summer:jointsmile:

Hi Weedmaster,

Just saw your post, abt the good santa maria genetics, and started laughing. I am going to assume that it stayed short, autoflowered and turned out great for you. Mine I believe was just not stablized yet or something.

We planted 5 seeds of LR x SantaMaria, 4 germinated 1 did not. Not a problem.
They grew and grew and got to be 4'+. Not a problem, just inconvienent.
Just never went to flower. Not a problem, stick them in the bloom room, room is set up for 2' tall plants so adjust some things, another inconvienence.
After a few weeks of 12/12 they flowered, but then 2 turned hermie. PROBLEM, I got two hermies in a room with a lot of production plants. Shit can those 2.
Continue to grow the other 2, but have to check them every day. That's a problem with time wasted.
They finish get chopped, dried cured. Problem, it was crap both in taste and potnecy...or what potency?

Meanwhile planted 3 auto AK47's along with the others and they grew very nicely, about 2' tall. All 3 varied slightly in height and wgt but came in at slightly less then an ounce each. Tasted good and was very potent and needed very little care. Who could ask for more?:D

Interesting stuff, the variation in seeds or maybe generations. I really would like to put a bunch of these (LRxAK47s) outdoors early to finish in the middle of the summer.:smokin: Think it would be worthwhile. Take care. :) -oldmac

Haha, yeah, after I re-read it earlier you didn't. I dunno :stoned:

I'll definitely let you know Weedmaster how the clones do, I mean why experiment with something like this that nobody knows for sure the outcome and then not share?

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Originally Posted by oldmac

Hi Weedmaster,

Just saw your post, abt the good santa maria genetics, and started laughing. I am going to assume that it stayed short, autoflowered and turned out great for you. Mine I believe was just not stablized yet or something.
Interesting stuff, the variation in seeds or maybe generations. I really would like to put a bunch of these (LRxAK47s) outdoors early to finish in the middle of the summer.:smokin: Think it would be worthwhile. Take care. :) -oldmac

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all turned out quite well for me,except the yield was shit, all mine were short average about 18" i did have one that grew a bit bigger about 24" and one that only grew to about 9" .i know 2 other people who have grown LR2 both had none of the problems you had and all were quite impressed with the potency:thumbsup:sounds like you got unlucky and if that happened to me i would be the same as you and class the strain shit, like you said interesting about the variation in seeds.good luck on your grows mate:D
redtails best of luck mate i hope you have some success:thumbsup:

Well, been a few days & it looks like the clones might not make it. They are starting to droop a bit and I had to re-cut one. I'm convinced it's my fault & not the auto genetics but now all my autoflowers are starting to bloom so I can't test it again without having to order more seeds. It's been about 8 years since I tried to clone anything and I only had about a 75% success back then on like 12 cuttings. I'll definitely post updates on whether or not they take.

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Originally Posted by redtails

Well, been a few days & it looks like the clones might not make it. They are starting to droop a bit and I had to re-cut one. I'm convinced it's my fault & not the auto genetics but now all my autoflowers are starting to bloom so I can't test it again without having to order more seeds. It's been about 8 years since I tried to clone anything and I only had about a 75% success back then on like 12 cuttings. I'll definitely post updates on whether or not they take.

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it's good your haveing a go redtails:thumbsup:look forward to hearing the outcome:jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by redtails

Well, been a few days & it looks like the clones might not make it. They are starting to droop a bit and I had to re-cut one. I'm convinced it's my fault & not the auto genetics but now all my autoflowers are starting to bloom so I can't test it again without having to order more seeds. It's been about 8 years since I tried to clone anything and I only had about a 75% success back then on like 12 cuttings. I'll definitely post updates on whether or not they take.

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:thumbsup:hi redtails,i'm praying for your auto clones!hope it works,need to know the outcome by spring!:jointsmile:

redtails how about a update on them clones:thumbsup:

Well, outcome still not entirely sure, leaves were yellowing quite a bit but it seems as though they are forming roots(not coming out of the rapid rooter plugs yet but stems are firmly anchored in). I'm sure they'll take, but what I really want to know now is how long they veg before they start to flower! If they go through a full 20 day veg like the parents that would be awesome news. I'm hesitant to post up pics right now because they look so crappy but as soon as I see new growth I definitely will! Here's the momma though at one week flowering to tide you over: