Cloned a bag seed plant

So, I have a neighbor who tossed a seed in a pot and while the plant was in veg I took a cutting out of curiosity. He doesn't know what strain the seed came from, and I figured I'd clone the clone to sex it and find out. The clone however has stayed stumpy and no branching out during veg. I have other clones from verified genetics that have out grown it. At this point with no side growth to clone from, I feel like I'm wasting time and space on it. Any advice??
 

hotrodharley

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So, I have a neighbor who tossed a seed in a pot and while the plant was in veg I took a cutting out of curiosity. He doesn't know what strain the seed came from, and I figured I'd clone the clone to sex it and find out. The clone however has stayed stumpy and no branching out during veg. I have other clones from verified genetics that have out grown it. At this point with no side growth to clone from, I feel like I'm wasting time and space on it. Any advice??
Ditch it
 

Budzbuddha

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That's where I'm leaning. In the picture the mystery strain is on the left and on the right is a clone that already caught up in height. The mystery strain had been growing long before the new clone rooted.
Maybe get it out that salt encrusted bag with compacted soil.

Transplant it into new medium , larger pot , roll back heavy watering ( same as that skinny one behind it too ) , defol those funky gross lower leaves ( leaves that have chalky shit ) and let new medium feed it.

Plus those “ cuttings “ are stretched… place all on risers or lower light accordingly.

I’m betting if you “ really “ took care of it , it would recover. It appears stalled.
 
Maybe get it out that salt encrusted bag with compacted soil.

Transplant it into new medium , larger pot , roll back heavy watering ( same as that skinny one behind it too ) , defol those funky gross lower leaves ( leaves that have chalky shit ) and let new medium feed it.

Plus those “ cuttings “ are stretched… place all on risers or lower light accordingly.

I’m betting if you “ really “ took care of it , it would recover. It appears stalled.
Yeah, I knew the soil I was using was crap. I ran out of the other mix I was using and this is the only bag that crusted up. I was looking at transplanting it as a last chance effort
 
I love growing plants just for fun. I’d give it more time and see what comes of it. I mean if you have the room
Realistically, everything I'm growing is for fun. I find it relaxing. It's a learning experience. I hope to be a decent home grower.

Some Purple Punch and Wedding Cake from my most recent personal grow.
 

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dabus171

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Maybe get it out that salt encrusted bag with compacted soil.

Transplant it into new medium , larger pot , roll back heavy watering ( same as that skinny one behind it too ) , defol those funky gross lower leaves ( leaves that have chalky shit ) and let new medium feed it.

Plus those “ cuttings “ are stretched… place all on risers or lower light accordingly.

I’m betting if you “ really “ took care of it , it would recover. It appears stalled.
I completely agree. I would never put a plant in a bag with out cleaning it. That is the worst I have seen. I also agree with the clones clearly stretching, I'm sure that's why it caught up to the other plant so quickly.
 

dabus171

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So, I have a neighbor who tossed a seed in a pot and while the plant was in veg I took a cutting out of curiosity. He doesn't know what strain the seed came from, and I figured I'd clone the clone to sex it and find out. The clone however has stayed stumpy and no branching out during veg. I have other clones from verified genetics that have out grown it. At this point with no side growth to clone from, I feel like I'm wasting time and space on it. Any advice??
Have you thought about topping or femming? Then the bottom branches will start to grow. Also I agree with what someone else said, your plants are stretching. You need to either lower the light or get a stronger one.
 
Have you thought about topping or femming? Then the bottom branches will start to grow. Also I agree with what someone else said, your plants are stretching. You need to either lower the light or get a stronger one.
I just topped the skinny stretchy one and the light has been significantly lowered. The bag was new at first, but the initial soil mix was garbage and caused the build up on the bag. I since cleaned up the root ball and transplanted into a better soil mix. Today was day one of it perking back up since the transplant.
 

BodegaBud

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Realistically, everything I'm growing is for fun. I find it relaxing. It's a learning experience. I hope to be a decent home grower.

Some Purple Punch and Wedding Cake from my most recent personal grow.

Totally agree same here. I also like giving away to friends and family. I like growing plants in general and even if I didn’t smoke I would still grow for pleasure. It’s like these super hot chilies I grow. Waaay too hot for me but I enjoy gifting them to people. Makes me feel good
 

dabus171

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I just topped the skinny stretchy one and the light has been significantly lowered. The bag was new at first, but the initial soil mix was garbage and caused the build up on the bag. I since cleaned up the root ball and transplanted into a better soil mix. Today was day one of it perking back up since the transplant.
Sounds like you are on the right track. Some of the best ones I have ever grown have been bag seed. Are you sure it was the soil did that to the bag? You weren't using any bottled nutes that might have done it? Ever since I stopped using bottled nutes and moved towards completely organic my bags never end up like that anymore.
 

dabus171

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Totally agree same here. I also like giving away to friends and family. I like growing plants in general and even if I didn’t smoke I would still grow for pleasure. It’s like these super hot chilies I grow. Waaay too hot for me but I enjoy gifting them to people. Makes me feel good
Yup I am the same way. I finally decided to try growing some other things. I am realizing veggies can be a little more difficult. I had some Green beans going but I gave it some fertilizer, then a heat wave came through and burned it up. Then I had some snap peas going and they looked great but then we had a few humid days and boom powdery mildew, so I tossed it. My basil, parsley and a few house plants are doing great though. I also just started some carrots so I guess we will see how that goes.
 
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PJ Diaz

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Some great elite cuts such as MAC1, Franco's Lemon Haze, and Kush Mints are notoriously slow in veg but make up for it in flower.
 
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