makeing a clone a mother.

[depetreono]

My mother plant is huge and I was thinking when I do my next batch of clones I start a new mother plant. Is there any negative effects with doing this?

 

[Lemon Jack]

Nope. Not at all lots of people just grow clones then take clones from them and flower there big clones and so on.

 

[Hushpuppy]

No that shouldn't be any problem. You can do it either way or both ways. I actually do it both ways by taking my clones and keeping a couple mothers as insurance in the event that I lose a whole crop. I just pull clones from the mom about 2-3 times and then flower them if they are ok and put aside 2 new moms from the last batch of clones. I have the room to have some moms and its more convenient to have them if there is room.

Cloning from clones locks you into a tight time frame of turn over. If you are doing a perpetual harvest it is easier to do clone from clone as it works out to run plants back to back, but if you are not doing perpetual having a mom is more convenient (IMO)

 

[depetreono]

Thanks guys. If you don't mind I had one more question. My trichomes are just turning cloudy, and I was curious how long until I start to see them turning amber.

 

[Locked]

I always replace my moms with a fresh clone after they get to a certain size. And the moms usually flower out well since they are usually a cpl months old by the time I replace them. .....kind of a win win.

 

[depetreono]

Yeah the mother I have is almost six feet tall and about three feet wide. I'm excited to flower it.

 

[orangesunshine]

nothing like throwing a mother into flower---bigger, bader, better is always good---perpetual harvest rocks when you got the right strain---and---there is nothing like putting an old mare out to pasture---

 

[Hushpuppy]

Thanks guys. If you don't mind I had one more question. My trichomes are just turning cloudy, and I was curious how long until I start to see them turning amber.

I'm no expert on this but it seems to vary a bit from strain to strain, and according to health of plant, environment, yada yada. But I would say that if they are just starting to cloud up then you have about 5-10 days until they start to turn amber, maybe a bit longer. I would be looking at them everyday at this point to check for development and watching for nanners(not neccessarily a problem but I watch for them anyway)

 

[Wetdog]

Yeah the mother I have is almost six feet tall and about three feet wide. I'm excited to flower it.

Yow!!! You really ought to read the *Bonsai Moms* sticky in the Cultivation forum.

What I did was take a decent amount of clones (9-12 IIRC). and once well rooted and in 1 gal containers, I topped them. Then, I started LST and training them. The 2 that came out the nicest AFA shape/growth become new moms. The others get flowered out, no sense wasting all that training/trimming/LST.

Pretty much what Hammy's doing, except maybe only once a year or so. I keep them in the 1gal pots and no more than 1 1/2' tall.

Wet

 

[depetreono]

Yeah the moms a beast. I have it in the closet by itself and its hitting the shelf that's above the bar your clothes hangers go on. I'll have to post you a pic. But I want to see how much just that one will produce.

 

[depetreono]

Last question. Iv heard takin clones from the lower part of the plant was better opposed to the top I believe it was due to more hormones in lower region. Any comments on this.

 

[Lemon Jack]

Some say they root faster some say they dont really notice. It really only makes a miniscule difference. Clones from the top still root just fine.