Should I cut these Leaves?

Hi All

This is a clone that rooted from my female plant. Strain BLUEJAY

Now that is has been moved into Dirt. (Coco) should I cut the bigger leaves? to promote newer growth

or should I leave them untill they die off on their own?

I have the lights on 18/6 I plan to Veg this clone and try and get a couple clones from it. I want to make her a mother.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Kindly

kd_special

Leave them on, but get them up off the soil surface to prevent rot. I see you've got some hydroton, that will work, just put a bunch of the pebbles right around the plant under the leaves to prop them up. Perlite would work too. Good to see you got a clone going! Congrats.

I know All those weak ass looking clones rooted actully but they were all male except this one. I also had one more question Stinky.

When I prepared this Coco I added dolomite Lime as Ph Buffer. I added what I ad left. when i tested my water runoff before I put the clone in it My Ph was 6- 6.5 I didn't have enough lime to bring that much coco up to 7Ph

Is this going to be a huge problem for me? If i get some more lime and add it to the top of the Coco, when I water will the lime soak into the coco Or will this not help at all? Or is there a better solution.


Thanks in advance.

kd

You can just get pH up/down and adjust your water to 6.8, you're already so close that if you just water with good water you'll be okay.

Perfect thanks for all your help. Tonight Im gonna get some pictures Of the Male and Female plants Im trying to Pollinate for some seeds for us.

I cut the male back some cuz he was stretching so much.

thanks for everything

kd

Hey no prob. You go girl, making the grow boards that much less of a sausage fest! :D

How many weeks was your plant in flowering that you took this clone from? Also, what type of lights are you putting the clone under. As stinky said, get those leafs off the ground. Put mulch, vermaculite, perlite, or any other buffer substance to do so.

Happy Toking :rasta:

yeha Im gonna use Hydroton rocks, The plant was one week maybe two into flowering,

It came from a plant outside in the middle of Augest. It may take some time to set it back into Veg eh? The hairs and stuff didn't totally form untill I took the clone and had it under 6500K Twister CFLs.
Its under 4 27W 6500K Cfls.

So Just to double check.

I add my nutrients to my water /Botanicare Pure grow/
I feed a little with every watering, Well I did last time and it worked well. Do I add the Ph Up to make that water with nutes 6.8Ph or should I have a schedual 1 2 watering with nutesand 3rd watering with just water and Ph UP?
Cuz the nutrients will make my water go lower.

So I add the Ph up to the water with my nutrients correct? OR no?

And I guess since Im asking about nutrients when Is this little clone ready to take some Pure Grow nutes at 1/8 strength?

or should I wait until I see newer growth?

Or now cuz it came from a mature plant?

wow that turned into alot of questions sorry guys and Gals

Any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks Kindly

kd

Hold up on the nutes, I'm not sure if you can give such a 'young' clone ferts but personally I'd wait until you see it stretching out new leaves.
So for now just water, at pH 6.8, maybe a drop of superthrive for the roots.

Cool Thanks...

I was more interested in when the plant gets bigger 5-6 nodes.

DO I want my water with Nutes to be at Ph6.8?

so add the nutes and the buffer to the water i feed my plant regularly?

Thanks in advance and for everything.

kd

Every once in a while check the pH of your runoff water. Eventually the coir may reach the optimal pH and you won't have to adjust so much.
Add the nutes first, then test, then add the pH up/down.
Do you know the pH of your tapwater? Mine is 7, my soil is just perlite and composted cow manure/leaf humus, haven't had any reason to adjust since I got rid of the peat moss in my soil mixes. It's one of the reasons I'm through with hydro as well, and avoid those 'soilless' mixes like coco coir. The leaf humus has a natural buffering action at around what you need to grow the shrek.

Thanks Stinky,, yeah the coco coir is what that guy is in Its super easy to get in canada. and most shops push it on me instead of Soil. like Promix.

My tap water is Ph 7 So if I add some NUtes. it will bring it down a bit My guess is to around 5 or 6. perhaps less

So I will add some Ph Up to bring it back up to match the soil.

Thansk for all the help.

I cut the leaves back! Left and centre are so unneeded.....

at the point of taking the clones, the same time as the first cut, cut the leaves in half!, this helps shock the nutes back into the stem, slows down photosythasis and encourages root developement,
trimmed clones will generally do better than those that dont get cut and wilt instead, remember we dont need our clone to grow untill it has roots, to make roots we need to slow down the whole process of the plant growth a little, trimming the fan leaves in when making the first cut, with scissors, this should be a centimeter or more below where the final cut will be , so cut alowing a couple of cms after the last node! place in water with clonex @ 2 drops per liter or radical magic in, let them sit for 24 hrs in water, then with a scalpal cmake the final cut just below the node, scar away a litle of the outer stem and did into clonex gell or radical magic then into the medium, the soaking allos the clone to become as hydronated as possible, the clone draws up the water and clonex by photosythasis occouring while soaking! this allows a perfect absorbtion of hormones and water, the clones will not wilt if kept in a dome or cloner,and sprayed once or twice a day, "alg a mic" is excelent for foliar spray on clones, it makes them very lush and healthy, allowing them to root! fast.

good luck!

welcome to the world of endless possibilities,,,,,hydroponics