newbie cloning question

was needin to know exactly how to take clones off my babies. do u just cut each branch and plant in soil? what about the main stalk? will it continue to grow? i have almost forty plants in a grow box and am now in the process of sexing them, would like to try my hand at cloning SOME of them and leaving a few others as is, so as to see for myself the difference in the amount harvested off of clones versus non clones. cause it seems to reason that the clones wouldn't be as big as a normal plant, but this is all assumptions to me being new to the game and all. any feedback is appreciated!

go to youtube.com and search cloning marijuana.

clone production an size depends on when you force flower the plant will get 2-3 times bigger from the start of flowerin till the end

i meant AT THE END not till th...

you can veg for a year or two get a small tree then flower you can do that whether or not its a clone and get a shit load of weed

i wouldnt cut any clones until sex is determined. after that cloning is a relatively easy process. i have wrote plenty of tutorials for people in my posts. search those and you should easily find multiple cloning methods.

found it for ya think it would have been easier to just type it out though...


sure here it goes,
1st.... Vermiculite method.....
select good clone from mother and cut at 45 degree angle, take cutting and place cut end under running cool water, then dip in rooting hormone. ( i use Shultz TakeRoot) Then i take the newly dipped cutting and place in a 16oz red party cup with holes cut in the bottom filled with vermiculite. once set in vermiculite trim all the leaves on your clone about 1/3rd of the leaf tips off. this helps with transpiration. Mist the clone and place a sandwich baggie over the clone. I take the bag off daily and mist then replace bag. (this method also works well with a 50/50 mix of perlite/vermiculite)

2nd method.... Rockwool..........
24 hours before cutting clone take a red party cup and fill with water, ph water to 5.5, also in another cup take some rockwool and soak in ph'd water (5.5) now the next day take rock wool out of water and place in netpot i use a 1 and a half inch netpot. i place the netpot in a precut dunkinheines frosting lid. The lid is precut for the netcup to fit if there is any gaps in between the lid and netpot cover with blacktape or caulk to keep light from getting to the water and new roots. cut clone put cut end under cool running water for a few seconds, then dip in rooting hormone, then place in rockwool. trim all the leaves still on your clone taking about 1/3rd of the leaf tips off, this helps with transpiration. then mist then place baggie over the clone. remember to take bag off daily and mist then replace baggie.

3rd method i use is the aerogarden...............

This method is the same as the rockwool one just without the cups and dunkin heines lids, with this though you want to unplug the aerogarden and just leave the lights on and your airpumps going the bubbles hit the top of the water and bust. when they bust the moisture hits the botttom of the rocwool and keeps it moist. If you leave the pump on you may run into stemrot problems. at least i did. aPh is 5.5 - 5.8, and misting and baggie is still required.

Light cycle for all 3 methods is 24 hours a day or 18 hours a day.
I have also had success without the sandwich baggies, but had to mist quite reguarly. also when i dont put baggies on i make sure humidity in the grow room is 65 -70%. this should do it any questions feel free to ask.
__________________ there are lots of other methods besides these

but if need be, i can just plant clone in potting soil or not?

i have never does it that way, i know people do, but soil has nutrients and a varying ph. so results are going to be sketchy, for my clones in vermiculite or vermiculite/perlite mix i like to keep my ph around 6.8 - 7.0 with both of those having a neutrul ph making it probably the easiest method and quite cheap. if you want to use soil i would flush the soil until the runoff was a steady 6.5 - 7.0 , i personally just dont like the idea but lots of people do it, i have no idea of there success rate. mine is in the high 90% success rate

The clones can get just as big as a seed plant assuming you let them veg for enough time. The longer you let the clone grow in a vegetative state before forcing it to flower the bigger it will get. That is all the help I can offer seeing as I am still struggling to get success with my clones. I think my problem is I am not presoaking the rock wool in advance. I have been wetting it right before I take the cutting.