Need Cloning Expert.................. CLoning in 12/12 work?

Hey I was wondering if it is possible to run an aero cloner in under 12/12 and get clones to still root without the 18hours of light or 24.

I would assume the plant would bud out while rooting too which might be stupid....

the clone needs roots if you want it to live...it can only do 1 at a time grow roots then flower...it only takes a week or 2...

blaze1camp said:

the clone needs roots if you want it to live...it can only do 1 at a time grow roots then flower...it only takes a week or 2...

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YEZZIR that is corrrrrect.

step by step please

ok so what you guys are say is, under 12/12 I shouldnt be rooting even if it is the only place I have for a clone mechine?

yes. you should set up a veg station thats dialed into a veg cycle.

you can get roots under 12/12. a light fell on this and I stuck it the cloner in the flower room. had roots in a week and it finished about 3 weeks after the mom. View attachment 942660 ATTACH]942660[/ATTACH] After roots start you would want to move to more light if you don't want it to start flowering. this one had bud so
I let it finish in the flower room.

Yep you can definetly root in 12/12. I I was rooting in less than that outdoors in my greenhouse last december (more like a 9/15 scedual). So yes it does work.

Wouldn't it take a little longer? Just because it isn't receiving much light and there are no roots so there is no need to let it respire (aka turning the lights off)?

clone's don't need much light to root.

True enough sir.

yep they will take a little longer. they stayed real small untill about march and then they took off. Now I got a few 3 foot bushes that I used for practice to learn supper cropping and LST'ing. Gonna put them in the ground in about a week and let those fuckers rip! Settin up a nice scrog for these ladies, not sure how thats going to work out since these plants are pretty big already. It wouldn't hurt I guess.

thanks for all the replies!

What the scoop on a male that has pistols poking out all over inside the pollen clusters?? Any good to make fem seeds?

Cloning in 12/12 will eventually work but there are few things you might want to consider:

- timing - it will take longer to root because even without roots if the cutting is exposed to 12/12 it will trigger flowering hormones. I've experimented with this and cuttings that usually took 1~2 weeks to root almost took 4 weeks. And once it did root I ran into the next issue...

- size - the cuttings actually went through a small flowering cycle and when it eventually rooted i was forced to let it continue flowering and size and yield of clone was DRASTICALLY crushed (less than a foot and about 2 gms of terrible smoke). It was not good smoke for the time and effort. At this point you can re-veg it but consider the 2~3 weeks it takes for the cutting to revert back from flowering to veg (...and not including veg time).

So if you are on a schedule this is probably not an efficient way of cloning...not to say it is not possible ....just saying the time and effort might not be worth the final product you harvest. You can clone more efficiently creating a small clone box with a rubbermaid container and a couple of CFL bulbs.

Thanks R1, very helpful and much insight!

You should try in 12/12 I had roots in a week. But if your going to veg you need more light anyway.

Yeah the clone will be put under a different source soon, but for the time being we can only get it in the sexing room. maybe we can set up another thing with a few cfls though, I would like to experiment with just flowering out one while its rooting in the aero tho too!

Either way thanks for all the input and advice homies!

I had a hell of a time with root rot in the cloner. fought it the whole time. I try to get them out of the cloner as soon as the roots are ready.

Thanks once again broski! I hope we have no problems. Say can you explain to me where the best place is too make the actual cut for doing a clone?

I know the bottom of the plant..... but do I want to cut under a node or right above it?

1/4 inch out from the node. ... about that far