Taking cuttings 2 weeks into flowering... too late for clones

[CaliMedicated]

so ive been putting off cutting the lower stems off on my flowering girls. my plan is to make them into clones, however they have been in flowering for two full weeks on sunday. I can still use them for clones? good or bad or no worries????

Thanks

 

[trains strain]

hey actually i was wondering the same thing...im about that stage myself, all i know is that it could reduce flowering rate but who am i to know im a noob myself

 

[000420]

i have cloned plants 8 weeks into flowering, they root just fine, but it takes awhile for them to return to normal vegetative growth..but after they do, they turn into bushes.....I also have taken clones 2 weeks into bloom, and the results were not as dramatic......easy answer yes you can clone flowering plants...

 

[MrFishy]

Damn ya'll ask the same few questions A LOT. I've answered this ? at least three times today alone. Quit being so lazy or some folks ain't gonna help you.
YES, is the answer.
Look around RIU a teeny bit and you'll discover the pitfalls of cloning a flowering plant. I could tell ya, but . . .

 

[CaliMedicated]

Damn ya'll ask the same few questions A LOT. I've answered this ? at least three times today alone. Quit being so lazy or some folks ain't gonna help you.
YES, is the answer.
Look around RIU a teeny bit and you'll discover the pitfalls of cloning a flowering plant. I could tell ya, but . . .

Fuck off... i dont want you help smart ass. You know what, every post i write to respond to it.. how about you dont even read it.

Thanks for nothing!

 

[notorious]

ha hahahahah

 

[CaliMedicated]

Heres what i found in FAQ....

Cloning plants in flower

Can I take a cutting from a plant in flower?

Yes, but a cutting taken while the stock plant is flowering will need to be forced to revert back to a vegetative state under 24 hour light. This causes additional stress, slowing growth and development. Rooting may take up to three times longer when the cuttings are taken during the flowering cycle. The cutting may not have enough stored nutrients or carbohydrates to survive. If you must do this then take the cutting when the mother plant is only a week or two into flowering.

Additional comment...
The above "flowering plant" is to be taken verbatim.
However, the above should not to be confused with a sexy mom who has been showing her primordia aka pre flowers while vegging, and has been kept in a vegetative state of growth for several months or years. These old mature primordia displaying moms clone just as well as a premature seedling.

 

[MrFishy]

A wise guy, eh?
Well, you just cost yourself a soup!
Come back, two years.

 

[Acidburn999819]

i do have to say...even i'm guilty of being lazy and not always checking the growfaq first...but damn why do people have to respond and then bitch about responding...if you wanna help...HELP...if you feel its a waist of your time and you've answered the question a million times before... then DONT...its not that hard.

 

[MrFishy]

It's one thing if you want questionable answers, a whole nuther if you want experienced replies. I'm guessing I'm as old as many of your grandparent's and if I get tired of answering the same question the same hour half a dozen times, well exc-u-u-u-s-e me!
I'm trying to help folks with genuine concerns. I'm pretty sure my frustration is shared by many others here.

I guess I should just keep my knowledge to myself and stop bothering coming here, but this is the first forum I've been involved with where I actually know most of the answers, or "an" answer to most the questions that won't hurt anyone's grow.

 

[CaliMedicated]

It's one thing if you want questionable answers, a whole nuther if you want experienced replies. I'm guessing I'm as old as many of your grandparent's and if I get tired of answering the same question the same hour half a dozen times, well exc-u-u-u-s-e me!
I'm trying to help folks with genuine concerns. I'm pretty sure my frustration is shared by many others here.

I guess I should just keep my knowledge to myself and stop bothering coming here, but this is the first forum I've been involved with where I actually know most of the answers, or "an" answer to most the questions that won't hurt anyone's grow.

Hey Grandpa, thats all understandable. so if you dont want to share your wisdom then dont write anything. but responding like an asshole is just going to piss everyone off. i think you can understand that, especially since your so much older than all of us.

sometimes you spend the time reading around and dont get the exact answer you need.. hence posting a new thread.... sorry to waste your time sir

 

[lotowork777]

I took clones off plants one week into 12/12 and it was a challenge.They were plants that were trained to be small for a sea of green. The cuttings were only an inch and a half long. They rooted but took about 5 days longer than normal. I would not do it again unless I had longer cuttings to take. Like these..

 

[MrFishy]

Hey Grandpa, thats all understandable. so if you dont want to share your wisdom then dont write anything. but responding like an asshole is just going to piss everyone off. i think you can understand that, especially since your so much older than all of us.

sometimes you spend the time reading around and dont get the exact answer you need.. hence posting a new thread.... sorry to waste your time sir

No problem, ya young whipper-snapper you. Made you think!

 

[Lord Dangly Bits]

Almost all of my clones come from plants that have been in flowering stage for 2 weeks. At two weeks into flowering, you want to clip off the small skinny lowwer branches to allow for better air movement, and so the plant does not waste energy in these small useless branches. These are where I get my clones at. And seeing as I know they are females at this point, I also now know my clones are all females. I would never, (hardly) take my clones from a plant that is in veg. stage, where I have no idea of the sex.

So the ANSWER is definiately yes, you can take clones from a flowering plant at 2 weeks. I even suggest it as being the best time to do so.

Oh yah, almost forgot, Hey FUCKER!!! And everyone else out there. You better never ask the same question someone else has.

 

[lotowork777]

Wow , that is good reassuring advice Dangly. My plants are going into second week right now and there is room for them to be trimmed again. The only problem that I have with your method is that the cuttings would be small. Do you have any advice for taking care of small cuttings? Do you just haveto be patient?

 

[GoodKat]

Heres what i found in FAQ....

Cloning plants in flower

Can I take a cutting from a plant in flower?

Yes, but a cutting taken while the stock plant is flowering will need to be forced to revert back to a vegetative state under 24 hour light. This causes additional stress, slowing growth and development. Rooting may take up to three times longer when the cuttings are taken during the flowering cycle. The cutting may not have enough stored nutrients or carbohydrates to survive. If you must do this then take the cutting when the mother plant is only a week or two into flowering.

Additional comment...
The above "flowering plant" is to be taken verbatim.
However, the above should not to be confused with a sexy mom who has been showing her primordia aka pre flowers while vegging, and has been kept in a vegetative state of growth for several months or years. These old mature primordia displaying moms clone just as well as a premature seedling.

So why ask the board? Your answer is right there.

 

[CaliMedicated]

So why ask the board? Your answer is right there.

stay out of it, one time poster. but i do feel honored that you busted your cherry on my thread!!

 

[jondog123]

"Rooting may take up to three times longer when the cuttings are taken during the flowering cycle. The cutting may not have enough stored nutrients or carbohydrates to survive. If you must do this then take the cutting when the mother plant is only a week or two into flowering."

This confused me a while ago. The grow FAQ sometimes does this where it's not specific enough. It led me to believe that you could take a clone but if you did it after 1-2 weeks it would almost surely not make it. FDD corrected me on this a while ago, and he has probably answered this question more than anyone on the board. He was nice about it and provided a pic as well

 

[Little Tommy]

No soup for you ......... Next please..... Hahahahaha

 

[Lord Dangly Bits]

Ok, To set this straight, I broke a bud off my plant at about week 6 of flowering a few crops ago. I took that broke off bud, but it with scissors, shoved it into a rapid rooter, ran city tap water on it, placed it under a glass, checked it every three days. The first picture is of the bud in the rapid rooter, the second is the first two roots to show, and the third of when it is a full plant, see the bud still at the base of it. It taught me a lot.

But still I would try not to take clones past 2 weeks into flowering.

Some have only read about this cloneing in flowering stage, I have tried it. It does work, but at 6 weeks, the first leafs to pop out do not even look close to weed plant leafs. Look close at the bottom leafs on the last photo.