Tips for mother plants? - Page 3

Indiegurl · 10-31-2009, 07:03 PM

5 year old?? thats crazy

kontroversy · 11-01-2009, 01:53 AM

Here is a quote from Jorges book you might like.

Quote:

Mother Plants

Any plant can be cloned, regardless of age
or growth stage. Take clones from mother
plants that are at least two months old.
Plants cloned before they are two months
old may develop unevenly and grow slowly .
. Clones taken from flowering plants root
quickly but require a month or longer to
reve rt back to vegetative growth. Such rejuvenated
clones occasionally flower prematurely,
and buds are more prone to pest and
disease attacks.

Any female can become a mother. She can
be grown from seed or be a clone of a clone.
I interviewed several growers who made
clones of clones more than 20 times! That is,
clones (C-1 ) were taken from the original
female grown from seed. These clones were
grown in the vegetative stage, and clones
(C-2) were taken from the first clones (C-l).
Blooming was induced in (C-1) two weeks
later and (C-2), grown in the vegetative
stage. Then, clones (C-3) were taken from
the second clones (C-2). This same growing
technique is still going on with clones of
clones well past (C-20) and there has been
no apparent breakdown in the potency or
the vigor of the clone. However, if mothers
su ffer stress, they produce weak clones.
Mothers that are forced to flower and revert
back to vegetative growth not only yield less,
they are stressed and confused. Clones that
grow poorly are generally the result of poor,
unsanitary cloning practices.

A clone is an exact genetic replica of the
mother plant. Each mother's cell carries a
DNA blueprint of itse lf. Radiation, chemicals,
and poor cultural practices can damage this
DNA. Unless damaged, the DNA remains
intact.

A female plant will reproduce 100 percent
females, all exactly like the mother. When
grown in the exact same environment,
clones from the same mother look alike. But
the same clones subjected to distinct environments
in different grow rooms will often
look different.

A six-month old plant produces more
cannabinoids than a one-month old plant. By
cloning, a horticulturist is planting a THC potent
plant that wiII continue to grow in
potency at a very rapid rate. A month-old
rooted clone acts exactly like a four-month old
plant and can be induced easily to flower
with a 12-hour photo period
.
Keep several mother plants in the vegetative
stage for a consistent source of cloning
stock. Start new mothers from seed every
year. Give mother plants 18-24 hours of light
per day to maintain fast growth.

For best results, give mothers about ten percent less
nitrogen, because less nitrogen promotes
rooting in clones.

origref · 11-01-2009, 06:19 AM

I had a diesel mom for close to three years before I got tired of her and I must say I did nothing special at all. I kept her under flouros and she was happy as hell.
I took clones from top to bottom and then when she started to look too strange I'd chop her literally back to a couple of leaves, Wish I had some pics, it would be all knarly with a couple leaves poking out. lol. Never missed a beat.
I miss her now....

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