When is the best time to take cutting for clones?

[jon420]

My plant is soil is dryyy dryy now.. But it won't come out in one piece(like a big block):wtf:
It is indcian dominate plant from seed. Right now in a green plastic cup (with holes in the bottom for drainage) Miracle Grow Soil +a little extra perlite.
It is about 3 or 3&1/2 inches tall right now. (I think it has been about 4 weeks from since it sprouted) It has been in the same plastic cup since I put the seed in there (after it germinated)

MUST TRANSPLANT:thumbsup: That is very short for being 4 weeks in. Get her in to atleast a 3 gallon pot and give a good watering with 1/4 strength nutes and proper PH adjusted water and watch her grow. Check the weight of the pot before and after you water to compare weight. That is your best way to tell when you need to water if you dont have a meter.:smokin:

[poker2]

Okay, thanks for the advice man.
Should I measure the exact weight before/after of the pot using a scale?
Or do you think just estimating with my hands would be fine?

[jon420]

Okay, thanks for the advice man.
Should I measure the exact weight before/after of the pot using a scale?
Or do you think just estimating with my hands would be fine?

Be sure whatever pot you use has excellent drainage and if not, drill some holes in it. You want to water until water trinkles out the bottom a little bit and then wait until dry and do it again. You will usually be able to tell quite a difference when a plant is watered and when it needs water. Just try not to overwater. Just pick it up after the transplant before you water and then pick it up exactly the same way. You will notice a difference. You will get the hang of watering after a couple weeks. The first weeks dont require much water but when late vegging and flowering hits, you will be watering every other day and sometimes every day.:smokin:

[poker2]

Wow, watering everyday..seriously? :jointsmile:
It's a medium size clay pot with one big'ish' draingage hole in the middle...
Would that do?(terra cotta brand pot if that matters...)

[poker2]

Another thing just came to my mind...
Can you take cuttings from a plant right before or near the time when it is ready to harvest?

[jon420]

Wow, watering everyday..seriously? :jointsmile:
It's a medium size clay pot with one big'ish' draingage hole in the middle...
Would that do?(terra cotta brand pot if that matters...)

The more holes, the better. The roots use the air from those holes to breath. Watering every day does not occur too often but it may. Deffinately every other day will surely occur.

[jon420]

Another thing just came to my mind...
Can you take cuttings from a plant right before or near the time when it is ready to harvest?

This is something you would have to get a clonning professionals opinion on. I do have two cutting that broke off 2nd week in flower and all i did was put them in water and left them in the flower cycle. They are still growing, flowering, and they have baby roots. Its crazy. I am going to put them in veg on my next grow and see if they do anything. Hope so:thumbsup:

[poker2]

Alright thanks man.
And maybe a cloneing professional here can answer that question:thumbsup::jointsmile:

[poker2]

Just got back home.. but I transplanting my seedling a little while ago. There was a decent amount of roots sticking to the side of the dirt and bottom (of the cup shaped block of dirt taken out of the 'party plastic cup')
Now I have to watch it and hopefully all goes well:thumbsupknock on wood)
I put a decent amount of water but it didn't drip out from the bottom...I will see the soil in a while and see when it needs watering before adding anymore water.

[canniwhatsis]

Taking clones can be done at about any time in vege, or flower, as long as the cutting is the right size.

I've topped a clone that was only 4" tall to make a mother plant and rooted the top as the first baby.


Transplanting should be done just before lights out on a day where the soil is mostly dry. Your plant should be mostly root bound in the container before up potting. I grow clones in to about 4-6" tall in .5L pots (3.5" square nursery pots) then up to 1 gallon until they are about 1-2' tall, then depending on strain up to 3-5 gallon smart pots to flower. (sizes are all approximate and vary by strain, and I'm still trying to work out my best methods for my grow, so your mileage may vary )


I've never tried to clone a late flowering node,... but I guess it could be done, then re-veged But it would take such a long time that I can't imagine it would be worth the effort when you could much easier just re-vege the original plant after harvest.

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ownsizing.html