I know these questions have been answered some where before but I can't find them, so I'll ask them again. I'm trying to keep mother plants for the first time now that I have some good genetics available -- I finally got cuttings from plants with known genetics rather than just what some one said they thought the plants were.
1. How big should I let the mother plant get before cutting potential clones from it?
2. Am I better off to grow out the mother and harvest it, keeping one of the clones for the new mother plant after I see what the original one produces or should I just keep the original plant in veg and grow out the clones and then decide whether or not I want to keep the variety?
3. Once I decide which plant to keep as a mother, how do I keep the mother from getting too large?
4. What kind of light do I need to use on the mother, the cool/bluish white florescents, MH or HPS and how much light?
5. To limit the amount of light, do I want to use higher output lights from a distance or lower output closer to the plants in order to limit the stretch I get?
6. Do I keep the mothers on a short light cycle like 16/8 or on a 24/7 schedule where I don't want the plants to grow fast and large?
7. What feeding routine do I use on the mother, just hte same as if I was growing it out only never switch it to the flower schedule or what?
If there is anything else that I need to know, please feel free to give it to me too.
Thank you all for sharing your information.
Great smoking.
1. How big should I let the mother plant get before cutting potential clones from it?
2. Am I better off to grow out the mother and harvest it, keeping one of the clones for the new mother plant after I see what the original one produces or should I just keep the original plant in veg and grow out the clones and then decide whether or not I want to keep the variety?
3. Once I decide which plant to keep as a mother, how do I keep the mother from getting too large?
4. What kind of light do I need to use on the mother, the cool/bluish white florescents, MH or HPS and how much light?
5. To limit the amount of light, do I want to use higher output lights from a distance or lower output closer to the plants in order to limit the stretch I get?
6. Do I keep the mothers on a short light cycle like 16/8 or on a 24/7 schedule where I don't want the plants to grow fast and large?
7. What feeding routine do I use on the mother, just hte same as if I was growing it out only never switch it to the flower schedule or what?
If there is anything else that I need to know, please feel free to give it to me too.
Thank you all for sharing your information.
Great smoking.