I have 3 plants in my 4x4 tent. 2 Zkittles and a Super skunk. I want to keep them as clone mothers and i figured they were finally big enough for me to take some clones from so i took like 25 clones. I also cut the Dead large fanLeaves off from the potassium deficiency I had and literally overnigh…

They are tougher than you might think, to keep my mother plant compact I just top every branch and within a few days she is growing new shoots.

[image] Silverfd: so i took like 25 clones Good cloning to you. 25 will run you out of tents, we hope. Eviction night at my house. Somebody must go, My clones need the space.

Going back to the subject, what is the right way to get/keep these monster mothers under control? How much can you cut before you hurt them? Should i reduce the lights? At least its good to know that if I need to, I can fill a 4x4 tent easily with 1 or 2 plants if i keep doing what im doing…

I’d suggest super cropping… you will have way more success out of your plant doing it that way than cutting… in my humble opinion cutting/chopping is a total waste… super cropping is the way to go :muscle:

[image] Hellraiser Cloning Grow Journals Here I will talk about everything to do with cloning and keeping mother clones. Please keep any questions here on the subject of cloning. Any other questions, use my other journal Keep your light super low, feed rates low, co…

7 gallon container is pretty big for a mother try around 2 or 3 at tops an use a plastic container. The idea is to keep the plant small, like under feeding & watering, low lighting. Hellraiser used to take them out & cut off some of the roots as you’ll see in the post @Underthestairs suggested readi…

I’m just worried that I would lose genetics with cloning too many clones Through genetic drift

@Silverfd I hope you have a caretaker while gone for 10 days. you may have a couple of really sad ladies. [Screenshot_20220607-213342_Chrome]

[image] pillsbury: 7 gallon container is pretty big for a mother try around 2 or 3 at tops an Ten gallon cloth was good for my self respect as a grower. 4or 5-gallon buckets don’t perform as well as cloth (maybe). However, at my age (SS) and after this year, I tried 3-gallon bags (lifting iss…

Hello Those mothers are pretty big I personally would just take a new clone off of each mother and start all over again. Hope this helps happy growing :+1:

Too much growth for my mother plants... help how much can i cut them down?

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Underthestairs June 18, 2022, 11:42am 8

Keep your light super low, feed rates low, cooler temps, and prune them small that journal tag up there has a ton of info. But it’s worth the time

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Too much growth for my mother plants... help how much can i cut them down?

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