Quote Originally Posted by razzapiggy
How tall do you keep Mommy? Do you throw your cuttings in a Ez-Clone or something like that after you cut them? I am about to be done with my first grow, I'm buying clones from the same person this time, but I'm going to veg a mom this time and cut my own clones for the next run. Only will need about 30-40 every 10 weeks...can this be done with one mother just by leaving the cuttings on, and then taking 30 at once? Or maybe split it up 15 15 over the course of a few weeks? Thanks in advance.
I throw them in a wick cloner after cutting them- Since I run a perpetual garden so everything is in different stages of life, I find myself taking a couple of clones every week or two so - depends on what strain is running, which one is runnning low in stash etc etc.

Remember it takes a good 2 weeks after cutting clones for them to be ready for the big room/light. Rooting can be done in 8-10 or so, and then you want a few days for them to get established in the system at minimum, before treating them like fully grown plants. If your flowering time is 10 weeks, you wanna cut from mommy at least 2 weeks before harvest, more if you want to veg them bigger. if you cut clones the day of harvest you have downtime in the bloomroom.

30-40 clones will take a pretty decent sized mother to maintain, but should fit in a small trashcan. You can also take cuttings, and store them in a baggie filled with water (submerge all of the cuttings completely - several per bag is ok) and store them in your fridge - they CAN NOT FREEZE or they will die!! Then recut and clone them when you are ready. You can save up clones if mom is too small. I have done this for 2 weeks before and all the cuttings survived. Its also a great way to ship strains that are clone only - a thermos and air mail, wrap it like a birthday gift