Cloning during flowering

[Oregon.Hippie]

Sorry if this question has already been addressed. I'm a novice indoor guy.

Question: Can I clone off my flowering crop?

Due to unforeseen circumstances my batch of clones got wiped out. I need to cut more but my girls are 18 days into 12/12 light and are laden with bud.

Any advice is much appreciated.

O.H.

 

[medme]

yes you can,,,look near the bottem,,,, you should find some good ones, the lowest branches never amount to much anyway...........

 

[datrippp]

Yes, it works well. The best time is about day 21, give or take about 2-3 days/ lol... But Ive taken clones during flowering and had good success. You have to give them longe to root, but its worth it. I believe they actually call it monster cropping, Because after they Re-Veg they tend to have alo more cola shoots than normal. So far, Id have to say there is a deffinate differance, that did have more main cola shoots than the standard clones. I have some in the cloner now, and 7 lemon skunk, and 7 lsd have rooted so far, took them about 2 weeks to do so though..

 

[Oregon.Hippie]

Thanks SO much for the help.

 

[mssmokey]

so the lastest is 21 days that can u can cut clones from flowering? does that only count flowering or from start of process? What about if you havest a plant cut it for the buds can u put that back in veg and keep as a mother if it turned out to be a good plant.

 

[Oregon.Hippie]

Update:

O.K. I just put the plastic cover back on my clone box. I used clonex. I took the advice so graciously given here and took the cuttings from the bottoms.

My strain is a northern lights / big bud cross. I have a pair of 3 foot growlux tubes I got at wallmart. I am exactly 19 days into flowering.

I was surprised that I couldn't find even 1 small branch out of 12 four foot plants that did not have buds. All my cuttings now have at least 1 bud the size of a pea or smaller. Is this gonna be a problem?

This is now my 3rd round of cloning. One thing I am doing different now is that I added a Super Sprouter seedling heat mat for the tray to sit on. I think the closet where I keep the babies is a bit too cold for optimum cloning conditions. (68 degrees F)

Once again thank you for the help. I am most appreciative.

O.H.

 

[McCrackin]

I always take a few clones right after the stretch is over before they get to buddy. I find that elongated green shoot, is perfect for cloning.

Then they get 24/0 lighting until they go off again.

 

[datrippp]

21 isnt the latest, but its about the best success ratio time to take em. lol. My lemon skunks I actually took on day 36 and about half have rooted as opposed to my usual 97-100% root ratio. And it took them about a week longer than normal to root. But its worth the small amount of xtra attention they need.