[967]

Hey all, just a quick question re. Cloning off plant 5 weeks into 12/12 - when I do so is it advised to remove buds or leave them on until it's clearly reveging?

For various reasons I haven't been able to take clones until now, and the faster I can root then veg them the better

Cheers

[Boyd Crowder]

take cuts low on the plant, leave buds and a fans, do like you would normally, but allow an extra 2-3 weeks to come out of the flower mode

[w3rds]

boyd nailed it

[967]

Thanks guys, I have done it several times before due to laziness, but someone advised me to pick buds off and I wasn't sure if that was a good idea or not. Anything I can do to speed up the process would help at this stage as I know it can take a long time to start revegging, and even longer to revert back to normal growth

[w3rds]

Ive found using an aeroponic cloner over rockwool has helped me the few times I've needed to snap a couple clones.

[Chilly Willy]

Hey there 967, so what did you do to your mother in the closet? Or are you just excited about doing another grow half way into it? hehehehe

I must of misunderstood your question becauseI thought you were also asking if you should clone sides that have a bud on top of them? Now that is a trick I want to learn! Always plan ahead, and have mother under a low light fluresent bub you get from down the street at the store. The idea is not having big lights during it's growth, you want it to grow slow thus forming nodes very close to one another and cutting them for all your clones. For me, it took two mothers to get that many clones. Be sure to put them in so plugs so that the stems have plenty of pressure from all sides on the stem; that is the secret to 100 percent cloning.

You should also consider skipping the vegetive stage, and go right into flowing. Wait a few days after taking them out of the plastic green house nursery, then put them under a strong 150 watt florescent bulb and hood (sun systems makes one), so they get strong enough yet very short in height. This is the whole reason why seed breeders use hybrids, because growth height always causes a problem when matching it up to efficient equipment.

I just read your second post, do not take clones that had buds picked from them, the plant will realize the stress and may convert to a male plant soon of you do. Nature will always find a way, changing sex is a sure fire way to loose friends here on this forum.

[packerfan79]

I did this last crop and they were not quite out the of the transition. Killed my yeild, and i got a few nanners . Some strains do not like it.I pick the buds once it's rooted and transplanted. I would say it's at least 4 wks to come out of the funk.

[RockinRobot]

As a general rule for every week the plant was flowering that's how long it takes to revert to veg. Leave the top bud if you want nice bushy plants. (Research Monster cropping.

[967]

Cheers guys. I don't do mothers I generally clone off clones before switching to flowering. Sometimes I'm either busy and put it off, this time i was moving house etc which messed things up. I have a 250w mh bulb (which I use with a 600w hps for flowering), which I'll veg clones with once growing strong again. Just might mean a couple or few extra weeks vegging which I could do without...

[yts farmer]

It safe to take cuts now but like mentioned before it will take some time before they switch back to vegetive state.

Strain dependent i would expect anything from 4-6 weeks.

You'll know when this happens because the first few leaves will be deformed but after that it's all gravey from there.

Peace.