Tricks For Mother Plants

Idk about mother plants but I do know some like to take clones from flowering plants because it apparently makes them branch like crazy or so I've heard.... just getting it rolling for ya




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Just my 2 cents lol

That's monster cropping, took when I was 4 week's into flower

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I had no idea you were a commercial grower... lol how many plants you grow at a time? (If ya don't mind)




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Yeah I know, I was showing the monster crop not the flowering plant! Here's my mother plant of GDP



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Certainly. I grow 2 new, one-use, mothers every grow and do a little of all those things...creating more clone possibilities than I need.

 

I start with 12 clones (2 strains). At the point they get transplanted to their 5 gallon pots, the 4 worst performers (2 of each strain) are culled, leaving 8 plants vegging. At the flip, the 2 hardiest of those plants are returned to the cloning cabinet and continue to veg and become the mothers for the next grow. I clone from those 2 mothers, 2-3 weeks after the flip. The mothers are generally trashed at that point except for the spring run when I can drop them in the ground outside..
As to the your question...all 8 are treated the same thoughout veg. That includes some lollypopping, LST, Topping, and supercropping. The mothers continue to be tweaked during their final couple weeks. I only take those 12 clones but I bet could get 100 from those two because of how they are trained.

 

I top and LST the whole plant bending it horizontal when they reach 15" or so. Other than than, yeah, I supercrop and top mainly to keep the canopy even. I am working within 1 room for everything (including drying), thus my vegging the mothers for a couple (2-3) weeks has my clones ready to drop on the main floor right at the point the previous harvest is jarred. Someday, I will have that second room and it will be glorious.