If you clone them before they are a foot and a half tall you will stunt the growth for a good month and a half. If I were making mothers out of them I may consider taking a couple of the bottom leafs off to give the lower branches a bit of light for a bushier mother. I would only take off one a week to prevent stress till they reach 13 inches or so from a production angle. Even if the strain was not going to be with me for a couple of years, at lest I would have a mother for home grown goodness. They are always better when you raise them yourself. If I was to use 3 gallons I would water them everyday with a garden sprayer which disperses the water better throughout the top and give her Like a glass of mix a day. Like 12 to 18 ounces depending on the temp and air flow. Even with pine chips or grow rocks on the bottom they only speed drying by about 30% when used in my one gallon pots. I like the 5.5in pleated pots myself which are only 3.5 inches on the bottom for a half gallon size. You can soak them and in 24 hours they will be dry from the air allowence given to the sides and less water on the bottom. The lady who makes them in germany only makes large orders. I was going to sell them in the US via my site but she will not make me 1000 for a order and I can not afford a 50000 pot order right now. Hopefully some one will get them as I have not seen them in the US except by agway special order which is a pain to arrange. WIBO
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