Taking cuttings in flower?

SydneyLedMan

SydneyLedMan

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Howdy,

I want to take a couple of cuttings from my plants that are coming up on 5 weeks into flower as if like to keep the flow going.

Any thoughts of cuttings during flowering time? They will obviously be moved out of the flowering tent, hopefully root and then I can try a scrog set up for the next run.

If no one sees any issues with taking cuttings from flowering plants... When do you think they should be done so that at end of week 8/9 they will be ready to get put into veg? Like should I do it at start of week 6 or 7?

Thx
 
I.G.Rowdit

I.G.Rowdit

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Cuttings from flowering plants generally do not revert to the juvenile state if that is the basis of your question. So a cutting from a flowering plant will just continue to be a flowering plant once it is rooted.
 
OneToyStory

OneToyStory

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I'm growing two clones from same mother right now. Took one cut at one week of flower and the other at three. I won't take cuttings past one or two weeks in the future- the time it takes to force them back into veg is (at least for me) a long process. If time is on your side, give it a try.
 
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Gareth stokoe

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Taking a cutting from a flowering plant is called monster cropping. Put the clones back into veg mode and loads of shoots will pop up, the plant goes wild and you will end up with a massive bushy plant if the technique is done correctly. There are a few videos on youtube.

Happy growing
 
dandyrandy

dandyrandy

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I have a plant I reveged in a 5 gal bucket. I took clones and getting ready to fem it. TGA 3d Vortex leaning. Makes your eyes cross...
 
BobCajun

BobCajun

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SydneyLedMan said:
Howdy,

I want to take a couple of cuttings from my plants that are coming up on 5 weeks into flower as if like to keep the flow going.

Any thoughts of cuttings during flowering time? They will obviously be moved out of the flowering tent, hopefully root and then I can try a scrog set up for the next run.

If no one sees any issues with taking cuttings from flowering plants... When do you think they should be done so that at end of week 8/9 they will be ready to get put into veg? Like should I do it at start of week 6 or 7?

Thx
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Bottom shoots are best, because they don't flower as much as higher ones so they go back to veg growth faster. Unless you already cut them all off. More developed buds tend to mold in a humidity dome, from all the hairs.
 
intenseneal

intenseneal

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I hqve a clone taken at week 3 of flowe r and it is growing all thick, dense and weird. Super crop? We will see. I dont think i will take a clone once flowers show ever again.
 
Abiqua

Abiqua

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I take clones all the time from all weeks of flower....sometimes you mess up and realize you just put the mom into the Flower room or that random cut you never cloned before flowering, turned out to be Fire....oops :)

If calyx's are already developing, sometimes I try and pick them off and it can help with reverting back to veg faster....usually most flowering clones take a lil longer than a non flowering clone...

If you already have good success with cloning, I urge you to just follow those practices and you should be fine....
 
BobCajun

BobCajun

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The plants in the back row of this 3'x1.5' cab were cloned in flower and monstered out. The front ones were clones of another strain. I pruned it and also did some pruning on the monsters. This is what 12 plants in 1/2 a square meter looks like, so 24 per square meter. Looks like just the right density, huh? This is my first try at that high a density, hoping to increase yields. You can't really tell much difference at this point from normally pruned cloned.

 
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SydneyLedMan

SydneyLedMan

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Wow ok that looks awesome. I've got 4-5 weeks left of the current cycle so I'll give it a try this weekend and hopefully have them rooted for a short scrog veg and right back into flower again
 
BobCajun

BobCajun

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SydneyLedMan said:
Wow ok that looks awesome. I've got 4-5 weeks left of the current cycle so I'll give it a try this weekend and hopefully have them rooted for a short scrog veg and right back into flower again
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Yeah they actually come out pretty normal after the first little while. As when you top a plant, what happens is that 4-6 branches become good ones. It LOOKS like it's going to produce huge numbers of branches but most of them never amount to anything. So then you still have to prune anyway.
 
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