Does any one not ues clones?

ace720

ace720

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What im saying is, im really not that patient an i see not that good at cloning either. so what i want to know is is it realistic to just keep byeing seeds if youre not rich. i know how to supercrop and top to get the most out my plants i lust dont know about this cloning.:roll:
 
lovemug

lovemug

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You are going to need to learn to clone if you want to get seirouse about growing cannabis. Seeds can be unpridictable and its much better choosing a solid mother plant out of a batch for all the characteristics your garden needs.
 
ace720

ace720

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lovemug said:
You are going to need to learn to clone if you want to get seirouse about growing cannabis. Seeds can be unpridictable and its much better choosing a solid mother plant out of a batch for all the characteristics your garden needs.
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yeah im trying :?
 
lovemug

lovemug

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It can be nerve racking at first but you will get the hang of it. Cannabis is a resilient plant.
 
Gastanker

Gastanker

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You can make your own seeds... I like experimenting and variation so I make my own crosses. I get a variety based on the best of my previous plants and free seeds for a long long time.

I do encourage you to figure out cloning.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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lovemug said:
You are going to need to learn to clone if you want to get seirouse about growing cannabis. Seeds can be unpridictable and its much better choosing a solid mother plant out of a batch for all the characteristics your garden needs.
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Very true if one has a dedicated veg chamber and you never go out of town.
For the rest of us we are forced to pony up for the beans.
I'm able to clone & have exceptional success with it, I just don't have anyplace to keep a mother or clones & sometimes I have to go away from home for extended periods - unfortunately this = dead plants ! :cry:

I'm one of the poor suckers that keeps Attitude & their ilk in business.
 
lovemug

lovemug

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I still use seeds. Ill pop a pack of seeds every 4 or 5 months and see if i get any mothers worth keeping in my garden. I try to stay on a strict 12 plant flowering limit so it gets a little hecktic sometimes.
 
missnu

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The easiest way---the first way I have tried and I haven't had a clone I have cut not take...I don't wear gloves, or sterilize my razor blade...I cut a branch off at the very bottom of the plant at a pretty good angle, and I instantly put it in some water, then I cut cross ways into the stem so I have like 4 pieces of stem at the bottom, and then I cut off all the little leaves around the bottom, and then I take a bit of styrofoam and poke a hole in the middle, and I take a tupperware dish and put some water in it, and put a little airstone in the bottom of the tupperware with the water...anyway then I take the plant and put it through the styrofoam bit and let it just meander around in the tupperware dish at will, ooohh and put like a cut in half soda bottle over it as a humidity dome and in no time it has roots...everytime...I don't usually even use cloner...then again I have only cloned one strain, so maybe it is easy to clone, but it is hard as hell to grow...but I have taken flowering clones, and clones that were big, and clones that were small...I have dropped them and broken them...I think it has alot to do with getting a branch at the very very bottom...the closer to the roots, the more natural rooting ability that node and the node's branches has...or so I have heard and it works for me...or does it? Aww hell who kknows
 
mtgeezer

mtgeezer

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Never have and don't ever intend to. I'm not concerned with needing to keep them small and growing from seed I can grow plants that are large and bushy giving greater yield. Also clones, if you buy them, are more expensive than seeds but they do produce faster since the mother has done most of the work already. It's a matter of personal preference. Do what you you feel best doing.
 
ace720

ace720

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
Very true if one has a dedicated veg chamber and you never go out of town.
For the rest of us we are forced to pony up for the beans.
I'm able to clone & have exceptional success with it, I just don't have anyplace to keep a mother or clones & sometimes I have to go away from home for extended periods - unfortunately this = dead plants ! :cry:

I'm one of the poor suckers that keeps Attitude & their ilk in business.
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yeah that sucks
 
ace720

ace720

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mtgeezer said:
Never have and don't ever intend to. I'm not concerned with needing to keep them small and growing from seed I can grow plants that are large and bushy giving greater yield. Also clones, if you buy them, are more expensive than seeds but they do produce faster since the mother has done most of the work already. It's a matter of personal preference. Do what you you feel best doing.
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thanks but i dont know what is best yet lol
 
yesum

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I make seeds from the plants I got from purchased seed. I remove the males from the females at around 3 weeks into flower and cut off one branch of the male with seed pods on it. Keep this male on 12/12 lighting in a soda bottle filled with water and wait for the pods to crack and release the yellow dust. I then use a q-tip to gather some pollen and rub this on a few lower buds of the females. 30 to 45 days later I have mature f2 seeds. When they are mature they have stripes and kinda breaking out of the calyx.

I can get the males to maturity with a 26 watt cfl, takes almost no light.
 
ace720

ace720

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yesum said:
I make seeds from the plants I got from purchased seed. I remove the males from the females at around 3 weeks into flower and cut off one branch of the male with seed pods on it. Keep this male on 12/12 lighting in a soda bottle filled with water and wait for the pods to crack and release the yellow dust. I then use a q-tip to gather some pollen and rub this on a few lower buds of the females. 30 to 45 days later I have mature f2 seeds. When they are mature they have stripes and kinda breaking out of the calyx.

I can get the males to maturity with a 26 watt cfl, takes almost no light.
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oh wow i think i might do that. how many seeds you get from one plant?
 
yesum

yesum

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I got around 20 seeds per plant from dusting about 3 or 4 lower popcorn buds. Let them dry for 2 or 3 weeks and then store in a glass jar in the fridge. Seeds are too expensive for me too, this is just common sense. The pollen does not fly everywhere as some think. Just remove the females from your tent and dust them with no ac or fans going while you do it. If you are paranoid you can spray the dusted plants with water an hour after dusting to kill the pollen. No need though.
 
ace720

ace720

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yesum said:
I got around 20 seeds per plant from dusting about 3 or 4 lower popcorn buds. Let them dry for 2 or 3 weeks and then store in a glass jar in the fridge. Seeds are too expensive for me too, this is just common sense. The pollen does not fly everywhere as some think. Just remove the females from your tent and dust them with no ac or fans going while you do it. If you are paranoid you can spray the dusted plants with water an hour after dusting to kill the pollen. No need though.
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thanks im really thinking about doing this.:lol: cant wait.
 
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