Clone question.

[postmandave]

exellent cloning info blue bear floyd nice set up mate great to see more uk growers doing it be safe.the postman.

postmandave Reviewed by postmandave on 09-10-2006. Clone question. When you take clones people say give them no nutrients until you get roots. So if i clone into jiffy pellets will it be ok as they already have nutrients in. Thanks for looking :) Rating: 5

[floyd2zapper]

Thanks for the poitive comment postman.And thanks bluebear again.

You must be popular postman i see someone has named a plant after you.

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[orangeman]

Alot of people seem to be into cloning these days .

[postmandave]

wrong way around floyd it was us that named it after mobay. orange man we were just thinking the same thing.the postman.

[floyd2zapper]

OH well we all make mistakes lol.

[BlueBear]

Hey buddy, with the cloning tech that I explained I took cuttings on the 6th and now 7 days later I am getting roots coming threw the Rudors. This is pretty quick considering most take up to 2 wks. the faster rooting styles that I have herd about have taken place in a bubble cloner, but that is even around an 8 day mark, so I am right up there at this point. I don't know if this will always be the case, but it is this time. Fortunately I only officially have lost 1 out of 15, but unfortunately I only hav about 6 female clones since 5 of my 12 big ones that I took the clones from whipped out there private parts on me and the misses, quite shocking.
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[floyd2zapper]

Hi BlueBear.:thumbsup:

Good to hear your having good success very fast rooting.When i take clones i will let you know how i get on.My plants are 23 days from seed now is this to early to take clones.Am thinking of giving them 3 more weeks just to let them mature a bit more.Here are some pics taken 2 days ago got yellow patches on some of the leaves now.

[BlueBear]

I will have to have my wife look at the pics and describe them to me. With the cloning, I cloned at 30 days from the seed and a few were even a week younger, but I would of waited longer, but my cabinet hight would not allow me to. If you can go longer I would wait untill 6 or 8 weeks. Also it can depend if you are going to use the clone for a mother plant that you are going to leave in veg, or if your taking clones to put into flower.
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[floyd2zapper]

I was going to just flower the clones but will have to make 2 mother plants from them and put them in bubbler's.Because my plants in the nft system their roots have grown together. Or will i be able to cut roots and move the plants i want to keep for mothers.I want to that it would be easier for me but scared of killing my plants.Let me know your opinion on this please.

Best Regards.

floyd2zapper

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[BlueBear]

You can cut roots, but it will cause the plants some shock. In Bonsai techniques they trim or cut the root mass and they do it for mother plants. I will post an article in the indoor growing that talks a little about it. If you cut the roots what kind of system do you want to put them in? Soil IMO is what I would use and many folks who even grow hydro keep their mothers in soil because it is lower maintenance.
If you go and transfer them into soil I would use some rooting powder, I am not talking about cloning powder, but a good transplant powder. I use Macorsi I am not sure of the spelling, pronounced Mu-cor-zy. I sprinkle this on the roots of the plant I am transplanting and in the hole of the area that I am potting in. When I transplant I get no visible shock. Hope that this helps some.
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