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Excuse my newbness in advance but I have a few questions about cloning and selecting mothers. I'll be starting my first indoor grow in soil (have a few outdoor grows under my belt so it's not brand new to me), and I will be popping some high dollar seeds, so I want to ask some questions about cloning. I have researched how to clone and feel confident with it, but I didn't see these questions addressed anywhere so I am asking in this topic.
1. At what point do you clone your plants? Once they've been sexed? Once they've vegged for a few weeks? Once flowering? Or after being harvested?
2. What exactly is a mother? I understand it's a plant which has desirable characteristics, but is it a plant you grow for the purpose of cloning? Do you harvest or flower the mother at any point, and at what point do you take your clones?
3. Once a mother is selected, do you keep it in a separate chamber where it is always in veg with lights on 24/7? Will it keep growing and growing throughout the whole time? How long does it last and how many clones can you get from the mother?
4. Is it safe to transfer clones into "hot" nutrient rich soil once rooted in peat pellets? Or do you mix the hot soil with something?
5. Is there a certain time frame which you must veg it as a clone until you transfer it to your final pots/soil bed and put it on a regular feeding schedule?
6. Finally, once you transfer clones into full on veg stage, when do you start feeding regularly? I understand that when using rich soil, the nutrients in the soil alone are good enough for a few weeks without adding anything.
1. At what point do you clone your plants? Once they've been sexed? Once they've vegged for a few weeks? Once flowering? Or after being harvested?
2. What exactly is a mother? I understand it's a plant which has desirable characteristics, but is it a plant you grow for the purpose of cloning? Do you harvest or flower the mother at any point, and at what point do you take your clones?
3. Once a mother is selected, do you keep it in a separate chamber where it is always in veg with lights on 24/7? Will it keep growing and growing throughout the whole time? How long does it last and how many clones can you get from the mother?
4. Is it safe to transfer clones into "hot" nutrient rich soil once rooted in peat pellets? Or do you mix the hot soil with something?
5. Is there a certain time frame which you must veg it as a clone until you transfer it to your final pots/soil bed and put it on a regular feeding schedule?
6. Finally, once you transfer clones into full on veg stage, when do you start feeding regularly? I understand that when using rich soil, the nutrients in the soil alone are good enough for a few weeks without adding anything.