Cloning Question

[anon0988]

On my 2nd grow, doing a Scrog that's probably...20"x40" with two plants, each in 5 gallon buckets of soil. I have a grid made of a tough nylon thread/rope that are spaced roughly 3" apart, creating a 3"x3" grid across the whole thing. I am trying to have on decent top up almost every hole before I flip to flower, with only some blank. But in the course of filling it up, I've got a couple of tops that are getting a bit too tall than can't really be slowed by training enough to keep them down. I was thinking of chopping them to even it out and thought, why not use this as a chance to learn cloning. I went out to WalMart and bought some rooting hormone powder that I should work to get them started. I'm thinking about cloning into rockwool cubes then transplanting to hydroton on a test hydro setup I've been working on.

I guess my question is can you cut a top branch for a clone? Obviously only two 'real' tops are there but through LST I've created multiple mains per plant, so probably several tops to trim total.

 

[WelderDan]

Sure can. The top, or any branch with a growing tip. Use a clean razor and make the final cut at a 45 degree angle. I use Shultz Take Root and Perlite as a medium.

 

[DamnUglyDogE]

Tops make great clones, Give them a 5-10 minute soak in iced water before ya place in medium...

 

[rubberducky]

you can clone off any part of the plants as long as there is a growth tip. It is said however that the closer to the bottom the easier it will root I believe.But tops work great also. I routinely super crop some stretchy ogs and put the tops in Rockwood cubes they root every time. Shoot sometime I even forget to dip them in rooting hormones and they still root just taKes a lil longer.

 

[Twist1]

you can clone off any part of the plants as long as there is a growth tip. It is said however that the closer to the bottom the easier it will root I believe.But tops work great also. I routinely super crop some stretchy ogs and put the tops in Rockwood cubes they root every time. Shoot sometime I even forget to dip them in rooting hormones and they still root just taKes a lil longer.

I concur with RD - in my experience clones from lower shoots root quicker, but you can indeed clone from any shoot including a top-shoot.

Peace