Issues w/ first try at cloning.

[Coolthanksbye]

I am currently on day 64 of my first grow from seeds germinated on Halloween.
First grow - Sea of Green style

Two weeks ago after they first showed sex, I took my first set of clippings, dipped them in cloning gel, placed them in soaked rockwool cubes under (18/6) flourescents. When I was gone for New Year's the rockwool cubes dried up and I came home to shriveled, dying clippings. When I checked the base, there was no root development- the spot where I clipped was just sealed over. Am I too late into this grow to try to take another set of clippings? I just don't want to start over from seeds again to prevent uneven growth. Is there anything else I can do?

 

[Akornpatch]

Not sure I'd waste time trying, but go for it and let us know.

 

[blowin.endo]

i wouldnt do it either... but if you can take one of the least developed branch and try to clone that.

 

[Urdedpal]

Takes about two weeks to root and you really should use a humidity dome for better results. Its not to late to clone. If you leave the bud as the head of the clipping you will have extensive laterals but because of the flowering it will take longer for the clone to grow.

 

[Racefan]

I just took and rooted a clone at 45 days into flower ( I really wanted to keep the genetics). It took forever to root (3 weeks) but finally did and has started pushing out new vegative growth. Technically it's never too late to clone (unlesws you've already harvested) but the further into flower you are, the longer (and harder) it takes to root. I myself have never used a dome to clone. In the summer I clone using a cup of water sitting on the window sill. No hormones, just water. To block light to the roots I use a AOL CD and run the stem through the hole. Change the water twice a week but let it run low too. It's the need to search for water that encourages root growth. In the winter I use rockwool in my clone box. I have lifetime success rate of about 99%. Very seldom do I lose a clone. Some people fight to clone. Some, like me, never have a problem and cloning seems to come easily.

 

[blowin.endo]

I just took and rooted a clone at 45 days into flower ( I really wanted to keep the genetics). It took forever to root (3 weeks) but finally did and has started pushing out new vegative growth. Technically it's never too late to clone (unlesws you've already harvested) but the further into flower you are, the longer (and harder) it takes to root. I myself have never used a dome to clone. In the summer I clone using a cup of water sitting on the window sill. No hormones, just water. To block light to the roots I use a AOL CD and run the stem through the hole. Change the water twice a week but let it run low too. It's the need to search for water that encourages root growth. In the winter I use rockwool in my clone box. I have lifetime success rate of about 99%. Very seldom do I lose a clone. Some people fight to clone. Some, like me, never have a problem and cloning seems to come easily.

^ racefan... you think it'd be possible to take a clone like a week before harvest?

 

[Racefan]

Yeah but it would take quite a while to root and revert. I've seen people take buds as they harvested and shove the stem into a rockwool cube and actually end up with a rooted clone. I think for cloning that late into flower the best medium would be rockwool. I myself have excellent results with rockwool.

 

[Akornpatch]

My success rate sucks with flowering clones. Hence my negative comments. Now with regular clones in veg i'm about 97%. Last batch...20 of 20.

 

[MadameCrash]

^^ did the harvest day clone once just to see what would happen. Stuck it in a cup of water and forgot about it for a month.. finally checked on it and the little bugger had roots...

I was the funniest looking thing - like a pom-pom with roots, because I had already trimmed it when I changed my mind and decided to try cloning it... lol..

My success rate is somewhere in the 75% range normally no matter what method I try, and they take forever to root... sigh..

Peace
MC

 

[bigfanofpj]

so you left the bud on there? "pom-pom with roots?"

 

[MadameCrash]

ha ha..... yeah - it was the cola of a very small clone that had flowered outside. I had forgotten about it out there until a couple of freezes and a snow had past. When I brought it inside to cut down, I discovered it was still alive after all that. After I trimmed it, and cut the cola off to hang, I changed my mind and decided to try cloning it just to see what would happen.

The whole plant was only 8" tall - so the cola bud that rooted was about the size of a kiwi fruit.

Other cool thing to note was the lower half of the plant I was able to re-veg and make into a mother after an aggressive root trimming and re-potting into fresh soil (which was super cool, 'cause the seeds for the strain are not available anymore)

I'm learning how incredibly tough our favorite plant really is........

Peace
MC

 

[Coolthanksbye]

Thanks to everyone for their input - I think I'm gonna try to take some clippings tonite and see what happens. This time I'll use a humidity dome too.