a ? about flowering a mother after taking clones

[squints68]

i'm still new but i have two plants at are in a grow box with 2 -150w hps lights.i want to take clones from them and then flower the mothers. so my ? is how long should i wait to flower after taking the clones from them?

 

[noltnercr03]

Im not for certain but you should wait untill you know its a girl for sure but i have herd anywere from 40+ days and it also depends on how well they are growing. post some pics

 

[flamdrags420]

It's really up to you.
You can clone them as soon as they start to root. This is usually 5-14 days or so. After that point you can flower them or veg them longer. For the most part you will get shorter smaller plans the sooner you flower them as opposed to vegging them out under the MH for a longer time.

 

[SenorSanteria]

He's asking how long he has to wait before he flowers the MOTHER, not the clones. The clones can be flowered as soon as they root, but ideally you'd veg them for a few weeks. The mother can be flowered immediately. I usually put my plants into flower, and as soon as they show sex, I take my clones. Then I let the plant flower as normal. You can flower a mother plant immediately after taking clones.

 

[squints68]

i'm not talking about flowering the clones.i'm asking about how should i wait to flower the mother's after i take the clones.

 

[squints68]

He's asking how long he has to wait before he flowers the MOTHER, not the clones. The clones can be flowered as soon as they root, but ideally you'd veg them for a few weeks. The mother can be flowered immediately. I usually put my plants into flower, and as soon as they show sex, I take my clones. Then I let the plant flower as normal. You can flower a mother plant immediately after taking clones.

ya what he said

 

[noltnercr03]

o srry didn't read it to well yeah you could flower the mother right away like senior said but you could also wait a little while that way she can rebuild herself to give a higher yield

 

[squints68]

He's asking how long he has to wait before he flowers the MOTHER, not the clones. The clones can be flowered as soon as they root, but ideally you'd veg them for a few weeks. The mother can be flowered immediately. I usually put my plants into flower, and as soon as they show sex, I take my clones. Then I let the plant flower as normal. You can flower a mother plant immediately after taking clones.

thanks buddy thats what i thought.because don't they double in size when flowering? because that my problem

 

[SenorSanteria]

Depends on how many clones you take, and where you take them from. If I top a plant to have two main branches, I take the top two branches as clones, and let the mother veg for a little longer and it'll have multiple colas. But if I have a plant thats already been topped, and is shaped the way I want it to before flowering, I'll take clones from the bottom nodes. This has almost no effect on yeild since those tiny bottom branches dont really do anything, and this allows me to put the mother into flower without any negative effects on her yeild or quality.

 

[noltnercr03]

In fact depending on your grow room i would transplant the mother once she is healthy into a gigantic 5+gallon pot and let her veg while your clones are veging she will be come huge lol and lots o buds, but it could also put a lot of strain on the plant with the transplant so be careful

 

[SenorSanteria]

thanks buddy thats what i thought.because don't they double in size when flowering? because that my problem

During the first 2 weeks or so of flowering, the plant will go through the "stretch phase." This means that most of its growth during this time is vertical. After 2-3 weeks, the vertical growth will level out and the plant will just grow nugget.

If your plant has become too tall for your area, I would recommend supercropping or low stress training to keep them smaller. I've had more luck with LST since I have a propensity to snap branches when I try to supercrop.