does anybody take clones before flower and try to keep them going indoors until next spring to plant outdoors?
That's still a year away! If the cuttings are from an outdoor grown mother, then you'll have to be mindful of any outside insects that may have laid tiny eggs on the foliage. Come December, you might wonder where all those aphids or whiteflies flitting around your house could have came from! It can and has been done, but the converse is more common - indoor cuttings moved outdoors.
That would be like a 5 month veg here so no. They would be to big to haul around easily. I would much rather plant a couple smaller clones after a month inside.
makes sense I was just wondering take a small clone let it grow take another small clone off that etc. until spring next year.
You could do that but fuck that. Atleast grow inside and flower the plants out so you're not wasting time, nutrients electricity, etc. You could also do rodelization at the end of this years grow and get a few seeds for next season.
If you allow a plant to flower long enough it will pop off a couple fem seeds in a last ditch effort to pass on its genetics.
Yep I do it every year. Have for at least ten years. Its really not that big a deal. Specially when you have a understanding wife who lets you use the spare bedroom. Last year I had three from late aug-early april. Most years I just keep one. Sometime I just keep recloneing every month or two. Sometimes I just let it go the distance. I dont do much with the mother plants just try to keep it alive. I use a living soil so no nutes. Then when I get my clones I pitch the mother plant not worth turning over to flower.
Well, actually, a couple years ago, I had a female that produced a single seed. But I didn't harvest it any later than it required. As far as I know, it grew on a hillside as a solitary cannabis plant, following pulling up a runt male as soon as it's gender had shown in mid June. It didn't get near mature enough to form male flower clusters, let alone release any pollen. The seed was viable, but slugs made short order of most of the plant. But it DID go female and the lone lower branch, not masticated by slugs, produced about a quarter ounce of unremarkable smoke. It was planted as a curiosity and was not one of my main plants that year, so no big. I think the seed was a fluke, as in over three decades of outdoor growing I'd never seen that ever happen.
