As to cloning, my only experience was my first time which produced a 100% success rate to rooting, but later about 5 of them died after re potting from root damage when separating the cubes (i used Rapid Rooter cubes with Root Tech cloning gel) because i let the clones root for way too long(like 2 weeks haha), i found several root hairs that stretched over 12" running along the bottom of the tray. Any way... I took my clones no less than 2" tall because my Gods Gift plant was a really short bushy sucker
its going to be one giant bud when im done with it
But i tried to stick to about 4" tall. I cut them below the 4th node from the top and then peeled the 4th nodes fan leaf (saving the node) down to my 45degree cut and covered all of the open tissue with rooting formula, ill have to show you some pics of my base stems and some of the double main stems i got from the start when i get a chance. I think i got some of the double mains because the roots formed very near the bottom node and gave those specific plants almost like a double root system
And as i stated, not as clearly, these are all clones from my first grow of 5 different strains
Gods Gift, Boyzenberry, Chernobyl, Bubblewreck, Lambs Bread and Blue Dream