WHO'S HAVING SUCCESS WITH MONSTER CROPPING?

MammothGrow

MammothGrow

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Darth Vapour said:
you should ask him truthfully how long it took from taking cuts to now :) to do that
Cause at the end of the day its all about speed, and power bill expense
think of growing as a business would you do something that cost company more money or would you do it as to save money and achieve same yield
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If I can take clones from my flowering plants at like day 12 or 14, that means I have about 50 days, give or take, to have those clones rooted and vegged a little. I don't even need them vegged really, I usually put my clones right into the 6 1000 watt room and run 18/6 under the same HPS's they will flower under(I change bulbs every 2 rounds). So I wouldn't have any extra power bill really, ill keep them under my t5's until i harvest and can move them into the big room. Which actually is perfect because im going to pot up with my clones next time instead of putting the clones rooted in rockwool cubes straight into my 5 gallon pots which i did this time and wasnt as productive, took a little while for the roots to fill up. So the approximately 2 - 3 weeks of veg time theyll have after rooting, giving 21-28 days to root, will allow me to have them fill in a 1 gallon container, then a 2 or 3 gallon container, and then into the 5's. The t5's hardly cost anything to run. And i'll still get 4 harvests a year which is all i need.
 
jacksthc

jacksthc

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Thats great if you can grow a few plants outside, living in the uk so i can't

I put a screen over the top and this is how they turned out after 8 weeks in flower under a 600w hps

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super cropping is great way go get loads of clones off a single plant, just do a 4 way lst but its going to be more like a 16 way lst, 2 weeks later you could pull 100 clones + from each plant :)

not saying mc is the best way but find the strenth and weakness of any technique will allway improve your skills as a grower
 
Justinsbudzzz

Justinsbudzzz

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Darth Vapour said:
you should ask him truthfully how long it took from taking cuts to now :) to do that
Cause at the end of the day its all about speed, and power bill expense
think of growing as a business would you do something that cost company more money or would you do it as to save money and achieve same yield
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Ya it does take awhile for a flowering cut. To take root that's no joke like 2 times as long or longer it. I just took that cut because that specific plant I didn't clone in time so had to take it and I like this strain a lot.. I do thinks it's cool how it grows when u do it though but Idk.. To each his own... I like both ways nice plant darth
 
Darth Vapour

Darth Vapour

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MammothGrow said:
If I can take clones from my flowering plants at like day 12 or 14, that means I have about 50 days, give or take, to have those clones rooted and vegged a little. I don't even need them vegged really, I usually put my clones right into the 6 1000 watt room and run 18/6 under the same HPS's they will flower under(I change bulbs every 2 rounds). So I wouldn't have any extra power bill really, ill keep them under my t5's until i harvest and can move them into the big room. Which actually is perfect because im going to pot up with my clones next time instead of putting the clones rooted in rockwool cubes straight into my 5 gallon pots which i did this time and wasnt as productive, took a little while for the roots to fill up. So the approximately 2 - 3 weeks of veg time theyll have after rooting, giving 21-28 days to root, will allow me to have them fill in a 1 gallon container, then a 2 or 3 gallon container, and then into the 5's. The t5's hardly cost anything to run. And i'll still get 4 harvests a year which is all i need.
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Don't forget you can change your pattern of cloning and be more efficient and get better harvest Remember every shoot you cut in flower is one bud less at harvest :) so your defeating the purpose
i try to clone week before i flip to flower also that week is only watering as to prep soil for bloom nutes pushing into 2 - 3 weeks into flowering you can run a chance of having failed clones then more or less forced to either re veg by this time 5th - 6th week flowered plant that is almost ready for harvest or you lose that strain
You got to snap out of this idea curious you mention 6 k so how many clones are you taking ??? from that flowering plant here are some lower buds that if i took clones off of would not be there lol
its all about this also at the end of the day gallery_11738_4816_133840.jpggallery_11738_4815_30760.jpg
 
Darth Vapour

Darth Vapour

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Justinsbudzzz said:
Ya it does take awhile for a flowering cut. To take root that's no joke like 2 times as long or longer it. I just took that cut because that specific plant I didn't clone in time so had to take it and I like this strain a lot.. I do thinks it's cool how it grows when u do it though but Idk.. To each his own... I like both ways nice plant darth
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you nailed it saving the strain but problem is taking cuts 2 -3 week into flower you run a chance of failing ,, and buy the time you realize clones failed your pretty much on harvest date
and screwed your self
 
jacksthc

jacksthc

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Darth Vapour said:
you nailed it saving the strain but problem is taking cuts 2 -3 week into flower you run a chance of failing ,, and buy the time you realize clones failed your pretty much on harvest date
and screwed your self
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wrong way round fellow if you not good at taking cutting/clones you should take cutting in late veg and if they don't root again week 2 in flower and you could take them again in week 4 in flower, if you don't get any clones to root give up and stick to seeds lol mc has got to be best way to get clones (only need 2 plants) for the next crop takes about 5 weeks to root and reveg :)
 
dangledo

dangledo

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I've never had a cut, which are taken from the bottom of the plant at 3 weeks, fail to root. haven't noticed them rooting any slower for that matter. although resuming normal growth does take longer. I use this method because I usually scrog, and seems to make for a more even canopy, and easier to weave within the screen. opposed to branches that are larger and make an uneven screen, or dominate a part of the screen from a veg cut. also keeps me from having a mother around, and over growing my small veg tent before I can screen them. with that said, topping and supercropping multiple times, closes the gap between recovery times compared to reveg growth times. cut in flower, toss a screen on em'. even without a screen, there is little maintenance to keep them even. BUT they do tend to flop if not flowered quickly. Just learned this, as it was the first time I haven't used a screen while MC'ing.


also, im pretty sure darth is Pkbusted, and for some reason posts pics that aren't his
 
Darth Vapour

Darth Vapour

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jacksthc said:
wrong way round fellow if you not good at taking cutting/clones you should take cutting in late veg and if they don't root again week 2 in flower and you could take them again in week 4 in flower, if you don't get any clones to root give up and stick to seeds lol mc has got to be best way to get clones (only need 2 plants) for the next crop takes about 5 weeks to root and reveg :)
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lmao if a person is not good or not having success cloning he should not be putting his plant in flower till he gets success at cloning ??? if that is what he is trying to achieve ,, and if that is only strain or plant that he has ...
Coming from a guy that thinks that by not giving plants nutrients it will give more roots lol rings hollow there fellow, or from a person that thinks revegging a harvested plant is faster then seedling growth rates,
oh by the way it also depends on strain if your growing indica dominant strain @ 2 weeks your clones look like this and at 4th week of flower they look like this good luck trying to get clones :) 4th week on and very unlikely that is if your grow room is growing plant with sufficient lighting rather than CFL's lol that late in flower may be 4th week from a sativa dominant strain in flower but IMG2570.jpggallery_11738_4816_10761.jpg
 
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