Cloning questions for someone with expirience.

[lazer420]

So, I would like to take several clones today. I am fairly new but have been taking clones with moderate success. I like using clonex gel for the dip and then watering with olivia's cloning solution while they're in the tray. If you have any thought's on this system let me know.
My more important question is this. I am doing some LST as well as pinching and bending. This being said I have a few branches that have grown to form an even canopy. I am wondering if I can take larger clones, say 9", and what the difference in rooting time will be as well as likely hood of success vs. a smaller softer cutting. It seems to me that most people tend to take smaller clones 2"-5" rather than larger ones. I realize that the battle of clone survival lies within the water uptake vs. transpiration. It is my hypothesis that a larger clone may have a more difficult time supplying water to all parts of itself due to it's lack of root system. Is this accurate??

lazer420 Reviewed by lazer420 on 01-17-2010. Cloning questions for someone with expirience. So, I would like to take several clones today. I am fairly new but have been taking clones with moderate success. I like using clonex gel for the dip and then watering with olivia's cloning solution while they're in the tray. If you have any thought's on this system let me know. My more important question is this. I am doing some LST as well as pinching and bending. This being said I have a few branches that have grown to form an even canopy. I am wondering if I can take larger clones, Rating: 5

[senorx12562]

So, I would like to take several clones today. I am fairly new but have been taking clones with moderate success. I like using clonex gel for the dip and then watering with olivia's cloning solution while they're in the tray. If you have any thought's on this system let me know.
My more important question is this. I am doing some LST as well as pinching and bending. This being said I have a few branches that have grown to form an even canopy. I am wondering if I can take larger clones, say 9", and what the difference in rooting time will be as well as likely hood of success vs. a smaller softer cutting. It seems to me that most people tend to take smaller clones 2"-5" rather than larger ones. I realize that the battle of clone survival lies within the water uptake vs. transpiration. It is my hypothesis that a larger clone may have a more difficult time supplying water to all parts of itself due to it's lack of root system. Is this accurate??

The only difference I've noticed consistently related to height is that if they are short enough so that a leaf touches something else (bottom of tray, another plant, a rockwool cube, etc.) the humidity can cause condensation and bring about rot on that leaf. Also, the taller they are the more nodes you can have which is always a good thing.

[jakester]

Taller also equals bigger stem which takes up more water. As long as it's not a woody stem it should work fine.