taking cuttings

[londonboy5]

when is the best time to take a cutting from a plant? should i take it as its vegging or does it not matter.

thnx:thumbsup:

londonboy5 Reviewed by londonboy5 on 10-17-2007. taking cuttings when is the best time to take a cutting from a plant? should i take it as its vegging or does it not matter. thnx:thumbsup: Rating: 5

[Rusty Trichome]

Personally, I wait till after plant has been in bloom for a week or two, so I can tell which are fems. The clones easily adapt to going back into veg.

[PharmaCan]

It's better to take the cuttings when the plant is vegging. Re-vegging from flower takes 2-3 weeks, so why hassle with it if it's not necessary?

If you haven't sexed the plants yet, clearly identify which cuttings are from which plants and, when sex is known, discard the male plants.

PC :smokin:

[stinkyattic]

Take clones as soon as you have enough plant mass to allow removal of slips without undue stress to the donor.
Label each donor and all associated slips carefully.
When you flower the donor, you will know which clones to save. Choose the clones from only your BEST female (decide this after harvest and cure) to carry on the line.
You can take clones in flower but it is stressful to the donor and a waste of time to do as anything other than an emergency measure, since you have to wait up to a month for reveg before flowering, and chances of hermis are higher.

[Rusty Trichome]

It's better to take the cuttings when the plant is vegging. Re-vegging from flower takes 2-3 weeks, so why hassle with it if it's not necessary?
If you haven't sexed the plants yet, clearly identify which cuttings are from which plants and, when sex is known, discard the male plants.

PC :smokin:

I'm sure you are right...but...
I guess if you are growing commercially, those extra two weeks reverting takes (maximum) are critical. It may be better for some, but I have no room for the 'extra' cuttings I'd need to grow in my veg closet. It's a tight fit as is, and a 50-50 shot of success is not my optimum result. Also, having to run my HPS lamps for three or four plants is not acceptable. My way has worked for me and has provided consistent results. Hermies have not been an issue.
I tried talking wife into letting me 'borrow' another closet for moms, but she's not too receptive considdering it's her last closet.
...Rusty

[Comatose]

I recently took four clones off of some sativa bagseed. They came from a female that had been in the flowering cycle for almost 2 weeks. Working out great so far. Rooted them in rockwool cubes and a humidity dome and transplanted into Happy Frog. Wooot.

Annnyways, lol, I just wanted to say that I took clones from a flowering plant and had them rooted 5 days later. Good luck!

[stinkyattic]

I recently took four clones off of some sativa bagseed. They came from a female that had been in the flowering cycle for almost 2 weeks. .... I just wanted to say that I took clones from a flowering plant and had them rooted 5 days later.

That's because the plant is changing during that time, from producing leaves to producing flower parts. There are plenty of undifferentiated cells that don't take much coaxing to become roots, and the bloom fert helps too- low N, high P. P is good for root formation. I feed my mothers bloom fert a week before taking cuttings for that reason.

[Comatose]

I wondered how the clones took off so easily. It was my first time cloning, and I did four because I though atleast two of them would die off. They filled 4" rockwool cubes with roots in about four days.

[IrieDread]

I wondered how the clones took off so easily. It was my first time cloning, and I did four because I though atleast two of them would die off. They filled 4" rockwool cubes with roots in about four days.

Yer lucky cause it took me 3 times after stripping down a few nice mothers for nothing. Some will die off , no biggie.

Some get good 1st grows and bad 3rd-4th heheheh I dont know why but a few people I know have does this :wtf: