Cutting off leave tips. Clones ?????

[MMJGrowDoctor]

I have never cut anything off a clone myself and never needed to. But I have been seeing a lot of clones at the Co-ops that have there leaves tips cut off?? I was told it was to aid in rooting?? Give me a break! If done right you do not need to mess with them and they look bad too. All cut up and shit. I do not use sterile equipment, I throw the clones on the floor until I have what I am after. I then re-cut them and dip them into rooting gel. I them put them into either a peat pellet or root cube. Pre-soaked in a very light flowering solution and that's it! I put them into the tents and spray the lid not the plants. I use a heat pad to keep temps to about 78 and in like 8-10 days I get mass roots. (see pic)


MMJ

 

[touringfunkband]

From what I've read, the idea of trimming the leaf tips of the clones is to theoretically promote root growth and not more leaf growth. It could also help in detour wilting when taking larger cuttings. But if what you do works for you, then keep on keeping on..

I am curious as to why you go the route of using "a very light flowering solution" as apposed to a grow solution.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

damn those are some nice roots...i like to trim the large leaves sometimes because its less plant matter the clones gotta support....and when your cramming clones into a clone chamber it helps to have less foilage.

but ive been thinking about not trimming some of my clones to see what happens.

 

[supermanlives]

i very rarely touch any leaves. sometimes when they are packed in i do tho as where leaves overlap each other is a mold haven just waiting to happen

 

[MacGyver420]

the reason that you cut the leaves off is not to aid in rooting but to reduce transpiration while the plant doesn't have roots; thereby reducing overall stress on your new clone; it works great!

 

[MMJGrowDoctor]

If you look most cloning solutions are just watered down flowing fert. The lady that taught me to grow told me to do it 25 years ago and I have ever since. Seems to work wonders. i mean look at my clones and the roots I get from it.

MMJ

 

[MMJGrowDoctor]

PS

All those clones are from my 25 year old seed collection. I started 4 strains a few months ago and 1 hermied, Lucky for me the other 3 stayed true. They are about 1-2 weeks from ready and I love not growing what everyone else has. No way anyone has these plants but me ) One is called the "Runt" another "Daydreamer" and then there is "To-tall"

MMJ

For me! As in not for sale! No giving clones away. These are mine! But the plants that come from my collection I keep for myself. I have giving clones away before and they just end up changing the name and calling it there own and taking all the credit for my work. no more.
As in I have another large room with like 9 strains from other people. Just went 12/12 so I will see soon what they have to offer

 

[DocLeaf]

cutting leave tips is usually employed to safe space/ overlap on propagator lids. otherwise clones can grow moldy.

Ideally however leaves should NOT be cut,, since conversely,, any cuts (wounds) open the plant to viral diseases and infections.

Hope this helps

 

[Pointswest]

The horticulture industry cuts the tips off leaf cuttings routinely with millions of cuttings. The purpose of trimming the leaf back is to reduce transpiration losses on the un-rooted cutting. This is standard practice and is recommended by any reputable propagation manual or textbook.

Marijuana is a very easy plant to clone and will root without this trimming, but plants will be stressed less if transpiration losses are reduced by trimming back the leaf tips. This also allows for better air circulation between the cuttings.

 

[Frozenguy]

I find it to be a myth. I've cloned many strains, and I dont clip the tips. One strain was difficult to clone, I tried clipping the tips, nothing different happened.

I clone Sour Bubble bx3 now (among others) with no leaf clipping. These leaves are HUGE too. Roots normally in about 10 days with the 4" blocks.

Note the three clone with HUGE leafs--- BTW, these were rooted in 1.5" cubes to see the difference. I'm never using those again

 

[whodair]

you might got mites ... on the big leaves

I find it to be a myth. I've cloned many strains, and I dont clip the tips. One strain was difficult to clone, I tried clipping the tips, nothing different happened.

I clone Sour Bubble bx3 now (among others) with no leaf clipping. These leaves are HUGE too. Roots normally in about 10 days with the 4" blocks.

Note the three clone with HUGE leafs--- BTW, these were rooted in 1.5" cubes to see the difference. I'm never using those again

 

[Frozenguy]

you might got mites ... on the big leaves

Lol I dont have mites.. What you see might be an application of milk, or epsom salts..

I've had mites once, about four years ago.. Oh god, I hate to think of it lol.

But thrips is something I have to deal with every once in a while. Even then, the Sour bubble has shown to be resistent to everything from powdery mildew to thrips (not tested for mites or anything else).. I use spinosad on the thrips, one application and they are gone.. Notice them once or twice a year. Besides that I've been graced with a bug free grow. Its powdery mildew that I have to control, which isn't hard because its only the blueberries and shows up only once a year or so..

 

[whodair]

nice clones frozenguy, glad you aint got mites homie !! i was seeing some white dots but foliar spray would do that too like ya said ...

all the best !!

Lol I dont have mites.. What you see might be an application of milk, or epsom salts..

I've had mites once, about four years ago.. Oh god, I hate to think of it lol.

But thrips is something I have to deal with every once in a while. Even then, the Sour bubble has shown to be resistent to everything from powdery mildew to thrips (not tested for mites or anything else).. I use spinosad on the thrips, one application and they are gone.. Notice them once or twice a year. Besides that I've been graced with a bug free grow. Its powdery mildew that I have to control, which isn't hard because its only the blueberries and shows up only once a year or so..

 

[denvermmj]

sorry off topic, blueberry and PM?

sorry off topic, blueberry and PM?

Lol I dont have mites.. What you see might be an application of milk, or epsom salts..

I've had mites once, about four years ago.. Oh god, I hate to think of it lol.

But thrips is something I have to deal with every once in a while. Even then, the Sour bubble has shown to be resistant to everything from powdery mildew to thrips (not tested for mites or anything else).. I use spinosad on the thrips, one application and they are gone.. Notice them once or twice a year. Besides that I've been graced with a bug free grow. Its powdery mildew that I have to control, which isn't hard because its only the blueberries and shows up only once a year or so..

I had the same problem with a blueberry strain when i first started growing, do you know is there any direct relation to blueberry strains and PM? After I took the blueberry completely out of my garden, I never had a problem.

 

[Frozenguy]

I had the same problem with a blueberry strain when i first started growing, do you know is there any direct relation to blueberry strains and PM? After I took the blueberry completely out of my garden, I never had a problem.

Yeah I just dont think they are as resistent to pm as other plants. Whenever I notice a spot of pm, not too often, it was always on the blueberry. The sour bubble is new to me, but hindu skunk never got pm, the purple kush did once.
The very first grow I did, one of the plants was this amazing, short, fat blueberry plant. Smelled like blueberry pancake batter. The three other strains around it got pm, not this blueberry.

So maybe you can find a pheno of blueberry that wont get pm, but all the others I've had, got pm at some time or another..

 

[Kcar]

Um, cloning jell/powder/liquid is NOT watered down flowering nutes.

 

[Corpsey]

they are usually some plant hormone (auxins) and a gelling agent if in gel form.
clonex is indolebutyric acid (hormone) and hydroxyethylcellulose (cellulose derived gelling agent)

powders like hormex have talc added instead of a gel.

 

[Pointswest]

The active ingredient in most rooting hormones is IAA, IBA or NAA. The difference in the products is not what is in them, but what the carrier agent is composed of, usually talc, alcohol or gels.

 

[trichrider]

it encourages root growth,
but the pics of the ops plants were in cups..did you change that from the plugs or cubes?
or am i just stoned?

sheepish grin

 

[High Country]

I like to trim the leaves on all my clones to reduce transpiration. I do lot's of clones for SOG'S and want a high strike rate.

70 CLONES, LEAVES TRIMMED

3 WEEKS LATER, ALL WITH ROOTS AND NOW GROWING

Each to their own I guess, whatever works for you.