Cloning under 12/12?

[hempybucquet]

Is it possible to root and flower a clone in one step under a 12/12 photoperiod? I am tying to avoid building a clone box if I have to, and wonder if this is something even worth experimenting with?

 

[Pig-Pen]

It's possible but there will be some issues. And the results will largely depend on the individual plant and it's how photo-receptive it is.

If you take a cutting from a flowering plant, it will have to cease flower production and channel it's energy into root production. Once it has formed a strong enough root base then it should start flowering again. This will take a long and may not happen at all, again depending on the photo-receptivity of the particular plant.

The other issue is that if it roots and starts flowering, without at least a couple days veg time to get it going, you will likely end up with tiny, tiny plants, but this will also depend on the particular plant.

Just build a clone box, you really don't need much....hell, even a 10w fluorescent in a shoe box will do.

 

[Deft]

I tried it a few times, very hard.. plants don't like it.

Just rooting clones takes very little light but they seem to need the veg cycle. You can make a really simple rubbermaid box and throw in a few CFL and a computer fan and have a veg box.

 

[Microwido]

I have the same situation as the original poster,

You can make a really simple rubbermaid box and throw in a few CFL and a computer fan and have a veg box.

and this is my solution.

 

[m@rg]

not quite 12/12 but im rooting cuttings under the uk sunlight in march

 

[breeder]

build yourself a small box with a 10 w cfl if ya want to do it right. It'll be so much more worth it in the end.

 

[hempybucquet]

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks for the replies all... Will build myself a little cloner veg box.

 

[GudBud]

Ido the same as m@rg, in a propogator in the window sill, out of public view of course

 

[jrw]

Anybody tried cloning equatorial strains under 12/12?

 

[marijuanamat]

I've tryed it with mostly indica's and you end up with a 1" bud that proberly doesn't weight a gram.Equatorial sativa's should work alot better.