help with cloning

[ErnestHemingway]

i have a plant right now that is very slowww growing, and i want to clone it to see whether its a male or female to see if im wasting my time keeping it around. right now it has probably 6-7 nodes and is only about 4 inches above soil. i was wondering what would be a good method of topping and cloning the cutting so i can put the rooted clone under 12/12. i want to be effectively, but also do it cheaply (i hve no $). right now im running it under 24/0 light with cfls. your help would be much appreciated, because i have been growing this plant for way too long, and it is showing no signs of sex.

 

[VanGrow]

why clone it if its a slug......do u want a room full of 4 inch plants that dont grow???
go to 12 and 12 and move on.....

 

[Guest]

How old is the plant? 4" is very small, but you can sex the plant. I dout you would get the cut to live. I would let your plant strech out some change to 18/6 move your lights up higher over the plant.

Go from the top of rhe plant to the 3rd node from the top. Cut 1/8 inch above that node remove the middle set of leaves... you need atleast 2 inches of stem, IMO. Put some aluminum foil over a glass of R/O, poke hole, place cut through hole, put under 12/12. Stem must be in the water!

Give it a couple of weeks though, Dont take the cut now.

Good luck!

 

[pieceofmyheart]

How long has it been growing? What is way too long? One thing I can tell you patience is key to growing good herb.

 

[Guest]

When you take a cutting to determine sex,instead of a 12/12 photoperiod try 14 dark 10 light and it'll show sex faster every time,the cutting doesnt need to root to show sex.The extra dark hours shaves off a couple days normally.

 

[Guest]

When you take a cutting to determine sex,instead of a 12/12 photoperiod try 14 dark 10 light and it'll show sex faster every time,the cutting doesnt need to root to show sex.The extra dark hours shaves off a couple days normally.

Thats a good idea!

 

[ErnestHemingway]

by growing too long i mean probably like a month and a half, this isnt my first grow so i can tell that its very odd.....
the other problem that i forgot to mention was that my cfl's have been on 24-0 but 2 of them have already burnt out! they were brand new in the box....theres no way they ran out of juice. i think it might be some sort of electrical problem (i live in a pretty old house) what should i do? because if i switch to flowering like how you guys say, im gonna bust out my 70w hps, and that'll suck alot more power than just 1 or 2 26w cfl's....
pictures soon