Mother plant guide

[Smeg]

hi all
Ive completed 3 success full crops now , but i always have to wait for off cuts / clones :hairpull:

i have the room to keep a mother plant , but don't really understand how a mother plants works , can some one point me to a guide please.

how do you stop a mother plant from budding / finishing ?
can i take off cuts any time ? could i take every 5 weeks ?
what light is needed for just one plant in a small cupboard ?

anyone have a guide ?

thanks for any help :)
Smeg

[snuggles]

how do you stop a mother plant from budding / finishing ?
don't put it under 12/12 lighting
can i take off cuts any time ? could i take every 5 weeks ?
Every five weeks would be fine, but don't cut more than 1/3rd of the mom at a time.
what light is needed for just one plant in a small cupboard ?
Go with a CFL setup, cheap low heat etc.

The only strains that can't have moms are the autoflowers BTW, not sure what you are growing.

[Sir_Tokie]

When a plant shows sex put it back into VEG stage you can keep a mother alive with just using floros or cfl's now if you are taking a mother that far into flowering it will take a while to convert her back to veg like 3 to 4 weeks sometimes....what i would do is make a cheap bubble cloner take some cuttings and clone yourself a new mother and you can keep her in veg for a long time...I know a guy who has a mother 9 yrs old and still gives great clone with very good quality....Make sur when you convert a mother from flower to veg you also change ferts and nutes to veg also good luck and hope this helps you some....take care

[bombbudpuffa]

Using a small grow pot for the mother will keep her from growing too fast too.

[Smeg]

Oh ..ok . i think i understand now .
thanks for the posts guys
got some clones on the go right now , gonna make the best one of them into my mother
thanks
Smeg
( ill put some pics up soon of both my grows )