Quote Originally Posted by dutch.lover
yeah i took a really small clone by accident (i dropped a gallon jug on a plant...yikes!) and it's doin just fine. i think technique is what matters the most, but in general clones taken from bottom of the plant are actually the easiest to root! I got this info from Jorge Cervantes grow bibly btw... and what he says is the bottom of the plant is the easiest to clone/root cause it's got the newest hormones, and the top of the plant is hardest to root cause it has the newest hormones. This sounds sort of backwards to me, but that's what he said. I usually only clone the top of the plant cause that's generally where all the offshoots are so I don't personally know if the bottom parts of the plant root faster or not.
Hehe..I think you meant "oldest" in the first part.

Yes, some very small clones have been rooted. I have some examples as well.

In my belief, if the orignal clone rooted quickly, future clones will also root as quickly when given the same environmental conditions.

I personally would scrap a clone after 20 days of waiting. Most clones will root by the 14th day but some are slackers. 20 days would be my personally 'give-up' point. At that far along, I'd pull the clone out (as gently as possible) to verify that it has not started rooting, then trash it. If it has a little roots...then I might keep her around, if it was necessary for sexing or if I just "had the room." But if you have other clones from the same plant, scrap it. It's not worth the real estate nor the headache.


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