Cloning a plant that already started flowering

Apostatize

Apostatize

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I was messing around one day, cutting a few clones of strains I was considering discontinuing (they didn't make my final list -- I obtained better genetics after making my final selections). Anyway, one clone shaped as ring survived and it's starting to look pretty cool, but my question's about a clone I'd cut from a plant ~1-2 weeks into flower. It barely had any bud growth yet and I was having second thoughts about discontinuing the gene line. The flower-time clone sticks out from my other clones cut at the so-called correct time. If anyone's ever cloned a flowering plant, what happens? Will the mature flower-time (feminized) clone flower? Will it flower faster? Will the yield be positively or negatively affected? Finally, assuming you only wanted to grow strains with a short flowering time (~8 weeks), could cloning a strain that has a longer flowering time (e.g., 10-13 weeks) trim off 1-2 weeks from its flowering time; and if it were an 8-week flowering plant, could you shave off a few days or possibly a week this way? Just curious. Thinking of adding CO2 and increasing airflow to expedite growth, but cloning later might also help -- and it's a cheap complement.
 
Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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You should check out this thread the OP has the same question

Cloning in flower

What happens when you take cuts from a plant that's already started flowering? Will the clone flower? Faster? Will yield be positively or negatively affected? Toss it? It's still pretty young, but it continues to have those little beginner buds while in veg light cycle. Weird. I had...
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Bsmoke78

Bsmoke78

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Apostatize said:
I was messing around one day, cutting a few clones of strains I was considering discontinuing (they didn't make my final list -- I obtained better genetics after making my final selections). Anyway, one clone shaped as ring survived and it's starting to look pretty cool, but my question's about a clone I'd cut from a plant ~1-2 weeks into flower. It barely had any bud growth yet and I was having second thoughts about discontinuing the gene line. The flower-time clone sticks out from my other clones cut at the so-called correct time. If anyone's ever cloned a flowering plant, what happens? Will the mature flower-time (feminized) clone flower? Will it flower faster? Will the yield be positively or negatively affected? Finally, assuming you only wanted to grow strains with a short flowering time (~8 weeks), could cloning a strain that has a longer flowering time (e.g., 10-13 weeks) trim off 1-2 weeks from its flowering time; and if it were an 8-week flowering plant, could you shave off a few days or possibly a week this way? Just curious. Thinking of adding CO2 and increasing airflow to expedite growth, but cloning later might also help -- and it's a cheap complement.
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Apostatize

Apostatize

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Wattzzup, that was me.... First question I've posted, it looked like it disappeared or was crossed-out/deleted (idk..) so I re-posted it. Anyway, tonight I finally got my smaller bloom tent ready to launch after raising the floor and lowering the lights in both bloom tents. Lights come on soon.... I'm a little anxious, because I'm starting bloom only giving plants 6-7" from LED lights. But I can quickly add another 6-7" by taking the Grodan blocks down from dish racks (haha).

I've experimented and gradually found my way to this point (i.e., "growing low"). I'm trying to minimize "popcorn" buds without being too restrictive on possible bud sites to where I'd negatively affect total yield. High calyx-to-leaf ratio on most strains in my final 8 selections. I'll have to double-check stickers tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure I filled the small tent with Bruce Banner (1.0 now, 2.0 next round) and three thin mint girl scout cookie crosses:
1) Gorilla Cookies, 2) Larry Bird (aka Gelato), and 3) Animal Crackers. Easier to see in the light ... maybe when there's something to look at -- buds.

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