Cloning
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VictorVIcious
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most sources I have looked at say you can do this. Theysuggest you only need to start fresh about once a year.
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FallenHero
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Some people even say they have been cloning certain strains for up to 35 years
vandewalle
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i have another cloning question...if i am growing from seed and i am just now flowering, will i be able to take clones after i have sexed the plant...about 2 weeks into flowering?
VictorVIcious
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you can but the longer you wait the longer it will take your clones. Cloning for sex should be done as early as possible. Take two clones from each desirable plant and put them in a 12/12 cycle. Make sure you mark which plant you took them from. Get rid of the males along with the plants they were cloned from.
mogie
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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.
vandewalle
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so how are you supposed to have a mother that you know is a female?
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Durring 18 hour cycle.
Here is what I do. I take a brown paper bag and lightly tie it around one end of a branch so it gets only a 12 hour cycle. I repeat this every day for about a week or two. If it buds great, if it is a male I remove it.
Why would you keep a male plant? If you don't want to hassle with buying seeds all the time you should keep a mother plant around for your clones.
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This next part is from one of my other posts. Was to lazy to type it again.
I have Colombian Gold, Panama red, Michoacan, and Oaxacan Red mothers I have kept since 1974. So not all is lost for some of us. To bad I don't have males of these (except Coloumbian Gold-- just a few seeds left), because I would move to Canada and sell seed of these rare strains. I have passed on a few clones over the years to friends and they still try hard to keep mothers of these strains (lol). See also my next generation of bud, I think you'll like --> Numb Nutz #1 x White Widow!
Almost forgot to mention--> Over the years I took all the seed from all my rare stuff (Colombian Gold, Panama red, Michoacan, Oaxacan Red, Acapulco Gold, Thai Stick, Maui, Hawaiin, Maui Wowee, and on and on and on (to many to list) and put them in a plastic container which has been sealed for a very long time. Any way I took some out and placed in wet paper towel to seed, out of 20 seeds 1 poped up, just not sure what kind it is or if it's a male. I'm hoping for female (lol). Here soon I'll start a pic gallery of this plant to show the world! I'll keep trying to seed these seeds in an attempt to get a male and female of one of these rare strains, so wish me the best of luck!
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Hard to keep mothers for years if they are in rockwool or hydro system. I use soil for them if I plan on keeping for years to come. I carefully replace as much soil as possible at least once a year. Not an easy thing to do, and a good way to lose my plants. Just the way I feel about soil.
Here is what I do. I take a brown paper bag and lightly tie it around one end of a branch so it gets only a 12 hour cycle. I repeat this every day for about a week or two. If it buds great, if it is a male I remove it.
Why would you keep a male plant? If you don't want to hassle with buying seeds all the time you should keep a mother plant around for your clones.
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This next part is from one of my other posts. Was to lazy to type it again.
I have Colombian Gold, Panama red, Michoacan, and Oaxacan Red mothers I have kept since 1974. So not all is lost for some of us. To bad I don't have males of these (except Coloumbian Gold-- just a few seeds left), because I would move to Canada and sell seed of these rare strains. I have passed on a few clones over the years to friends and they still try hard to keep mothers of these strains (lol). See also my next generation of bud, I think you'll like --> Numb Nutz #1 x White Widow!
Almost forgot to mention--> Over the years I took all the seed from all my rare stuff (Colombian Gold, Panama red, Michoacan, Oaxacan Red, Acapulco Gold, Thai Stick, Maui, Hawaiin, Maui Wowee, and on and on and on (to many to list) and put them in a plastic container which has been sealed for a very long time. Any way I took some out and placed in wet paper towel to seed, out of 20 seeds 1 poped up, just not sure what kind it is or if it's a male. I'm hoping for female (lol). Here soon I'll start a pic gallery of this plant to show the world! I'll keep trying to seed these seeds in an attempt to get a male and female of one of these rare strains, so wish me the best of luck!
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Hard to keep mothers for years if they are in rockwool or hydro system. I use soil for them if I plan on keeping for years to come. I carefully replace as much soil as possible at least once a year. Not an easy thing to do, and a good way to lose my plants. Just the way I feel about soil.