When can I clone?

[deni]

Hey all,

So here's 1 of my little seedlings at 2 weeks. When is it possible to clone in order to sex. I just want to sex the clone (dont want to use it). I've heard (from a good source) that when the plant reaches 5/6 nodes I can clone.

Also those 2 leaves just above the cotyldons - do you count them as a node? How long should it take for them to reach a size when I can clone? (they've just moved from cfl to 400w hps)

Thanks a bunch

 

[mistaphuck]

not for a while. you need branches with two nodes on then to cut off

 

[deni]

Yeah but if I want to top the plant then I just use the top as the clone no?

 

[mistaphuck]

i dunno theyre young you should wait till you can take a few at a time besides you wouldnt chop a fully grown plant in half

 

[DodgeDread]

I'm not sure how true it is but i've been told to wait 2 months til a mother plant is mature to clone from but i'm sure you must be able to do it earlier cos 2 months is a long time to wait

 

[yamin]

is this the first set of 5 tip leafs?? if yes then the next set will prob b 7 tipped...... once u get ur 1st set of true leaves (5/7/9 tips depending on plant)..... wait for the next 3 nodes or 3 sets of fan leaves.... top this off an clone......

after ur seed sprouts u get a set of round leaves.... next a set of single tip leaf.... then set of 3 tipped leaf.... and 5 tipped and 7 tipped and 9 tipped true leaf.....
what ever b the max tips of ur plant.....by this time ur plant should be atleast 6 inches tall.....

this is the recomended hight or age when u can top a plant

now wait for another set of 3 true leaves.... this is what u can top and use for cloning.....

top these off and use for cloning.... the topped plant will start branching.....

i dont know how well u know cloning so i would recomend top and clone 1 plant at a time...... even if u lose this 1st clone u can try with the rest over the next 30 days and by that time the 1st topped plant will already have branches to clone again

 

[deni]

Well I'm in no real rush but 2 months is a bit overboard. I just wanna clone as soon as possible to see which are female.

 

[deni]

Thanks yemin, sound advice as usual. Yeah those are the first set of 5 tipped. I have cloned before but from a mother that was already large. So prob about another 3-4 weeks before I can top then?

 

[grow1]

MJ will usually show sex naturally around the 5th or 6th node. Just be patient

 

[yamin]

So prob about another 3-4 weeks before I can top then?

that sound right.....

how they looking under the 400???

 

[deni]

Yeah big diff under the 400... starting to shoot up now. I've put em all in there except two stragglers which I'll leave for another few days under cfl's. I love it when shit starts to come together.... although I must admit, starting from seed is a bit of a mission. I had such an awesome clone guy back home.

 

[yamin]

Yeah big diff under the 400... starting to shoot up now. I've put em all in there except two stragglers which I'll leave for another few days under cfl's. I love it when shit starts to come together.... although I must admit, starting from seed is a bit of a mission. I had such an awesome clone guy back home.

clone guy.......... wish i knew abt something like that here....

btw 15 days no delivery

 

[deni]

clone guy.......... wish i knew abt something like that here....

btw 15 days no delivery

Haha, yeah he was great. solid strains, healthy clones, and cheap ($5 US).

As for 15 days.... just hold on a few more, if nothing then I'll send mine your way even if I dont know sex.... I'm sure I'll get 1 female out of 6.

 

[tyke1973]

You can clone has soon has the plant has a couple ofoff shot brance's i'v took clone's with just 2 nodes and they grew fine but i would not advic it this was desperate times when i realy needed a couple of extra plants because the mother was dieing on me.i left someone to look after the plants while i was away and i cloned the f@ck ot of them.i did this just to be on the safe side but they still managed to kill all my plants there was 2 out shoots at the very bottom of one of the plants the rest was dead i cut these off and cloned has normal and they survived infact i still have the off spring of these plants 2 years later.but i would wait till the plants have at least a few nodes on them at least 4,i never take the top has i think that this slows growth.but the answer is when the plant has 1/2off shoots that have at least 4 nodes but it can be done with 2 nodes.let your plants gain some height and width by haveing the lights has close has possible you should be able to get at least 30/40 clones off a plant a foot high but get them lights low then you will get more nodes more nodes more cuttings.

 

[deni]

Thanks tyke... their first off shoots are coming through now. How close can I put these little ones to the light? In my previous setup I had it about 6" above, but these guys aren't clones, so I dunno what I'm dealing with.

 

[yamin]

Haha, yeah he was great. solid strains, healthy clones, and cheap ($5 US).

As for 15 days.... just hold on a few more, if nothing then I'll send mine your way even if I dont know sex.... I'm sure I'll get 1 female out of 6.

im waiting.... thats all i can do.....
an dont send anything b4 u sex those plants...... i got somthing growing now an all girls...... cant leave u dry there......