Thanks for the reply.

My main reason for letting the mother get so tall is inexperience. When I made the first clone cuttings, the mother plants were only a little over a foot tall. (Or maybe close to two). I wanted to make sure the mother plant would tolerate the cutting without getting too stressed. The seeds I used, although an unknown strain, came from a particular batch of really good smoke that I haven't seen in a while (Seeds are approx. 6 years old). Being in a prohibition state, strain access is difficult since I've gotten old and fat and don't hang out with the cool kids who have the great stuff now.

As for the clones, I had assumed growth would be limited to bud production when I put them in 12/12. I wanted to maximize output, therefore not flower them until about 3 feet tall. I did not know they will continue to get much taller while flowering, so that's a good lesson to learn along with the need to make some changes from the mix of lighting. Also I guess some more reading is in order, or perhaps, reading comprehension. All I had taken from what I've researched was that they needed both cool and warm. Looks like it's time for another trip to the hardware store, and time to go ahead and start that first production run. I was thinking I was still about 6 weeks out.

I was planning to use a 250 watt HPS work lamp for the flowering portion of my little room, but you're saying, Veg room = cool light, and Flowering room = warm? I had some decent success with the HPS on the last try, but if I can use warm florescent instead that would be a major boon.

You seem to know a great deal so I'll also ask this: Have you known anyone to get busted solely from heli's and FLIR? My biggest take from what I've been reading is that, by far, trouble starts when people know whats going on. So far, no one, and I mean no one, knows about my closet project and I intend to keep it that way. My only reason for even going back to growing was lack of good product around here, and the fact I don't want to spend my money anymore when I can produce my own and it's much better.
KeiserSozeh Reviewed by KeiserSozeh on . Yet another cloning question! Greetings all, and thanks in advance for any input you may have. I've got 2 'mothers' in veg state that I started from seed. They seem to be doing well and I've gotten to the point of having made a clone of each to determine sex. The clones have been rooted and placed in their grow mediums where they've had a couple weeks to get settled in and have started getting taller again after the rooting process. When I cut from the mother to make the clones, I 'topped' the mother plants, taking I Rating: 5