ok, here i go, i didnt get pics in order, and i really cant be bothered, but you can get the idea where i take my clones from hopefully!, i took 8 clones all up of the main branches, and most of the little tips that were poking up top got a minor pinch to leave 2 nodes instead of one main, all four corners got fimmed, or i like to call it a 'miss' where i don't make a clean cut under the nodes but instead slice right through the chunky part of the tip growth. looks ugly in the process, but it stunts that branch and will produce maybe 4 - 6 colas instead of one, i was able to do this is, as my corner sections of the plant were my 4 biggest mains, and they can easily be quadrupled in yield, i wouldn't normally be able to fimm 4 tops but my side growth was nearly equal to my top growth, i have a very nice even canopy now, took 8 clones, threw maybe 6, or another 8, and pinched/ fimmed maybe another 8-10 tips..
when i get ready to cut my clones and top my plant i do these following things.
1. soak rockwool cubes in 1ml-litre tap water, have a sterile blade, cup tap water, cloning gel and rooting powder (just for experiment.)
2. squeeze my cubes to rid excess water.
3. poke sterile hole smaller than stem size.
4. time to cut clones....... i cut a 45' angle slice after atleast 4 nodes, then scuff the bottom edges with blade to increase root spots.
5. dip stem and coat it in the gel / powder, i did 6 with gel, and 2 with powder to see which roots faster. i like the gel, it seems easier and cleaner.
6. poke tightly into hole pushing down until i can feel it squish the cube
7. 3 hrs darkness
8. into bottom of the tent where its nice and warm for 1 night.
9. then into propagator with growlush cloning flouro outside of the tent in the nice warm growroom
if you would like any other photos or would like me to explain any other aspect i am happy to.
pics.....it's really hard to see in these pics where ive cut, but all the mains have been sliced for big clones, 5-6 nodes, will return a huge wreath crown cola each......yummmm
enjoy, this is how i do it..... courtesy of Jin, allowing me to post this on his thread, I hope i help people. the next week she is going to flourish bigtime
they may look sad now, but thats just shock. darkness will help them adjust, and then in the tent for a warm environment, will get those root cells tingling away! the ones bent over and look real bad is just visual, trust me, they were simply growing in the direction of the lamp, and they are curved, they will grow upwards again once they adjust to growing new roots. soo far i have had a 100% happy clone rate doing this way