Quote Originally Posted by jchesmore722
Ive got a few questions about cloningâ?¦

What is the best time of day to take cuttings?
Right before lights on/off? Right after? Sometime in the middle?

Do any of you clone straight into soil and get good results? I will be using rootone on the cuttings but I want to throw them straight in the soil and need to know if this is a bad idea.

If I took a clone after it rooted and through it right into 12/12 with an HPS light, would it grow long stems because the HPS or would it stay short because it is a clone strain?

If I take flowering clones(cuttings right after the plant shows sex) does this make the plant bushier than a normal clone or is this just a myth???
Also does it make the donor plant go back into reveg for a bit before it keeps flowering??
How much does this hurt the yield of the mother plant?

Clones can be taken at anytime of the day...during any stage of the plants growth.

Root tone works ok..... I use dip-n-grow and put the clones right into dirt, then into a seed germinator with a dome

If you went straight into bud cycle after rooting you will end up with a small plant

If you let your plant go into flower and then take a small bud as a start.... you will want to change the light cycle back to 18-24 a day..... after rooting, the bud will start to grow branches out of it.....I believe this is call jumping a generation...this entire process takes about 4-6 weeks

A mother plant stays in veg and supplies your starts