stunted growth on mother, will clones suffer

Im sure this sounds stupid and Im gonna get blasted but, say I have a plant in a smaller pot that may be root bound, If I pull clones from that plant and put them in large pots will they out shine the mother?

nope not at all.. check you ph level.

cary schellie said:

Im sure this sounds stupid and Im gonna get blasted but, say I have a plant in a smaller pot that may be root bound, If I pull clones from that plant and put them in large pots will they out shine the mother?

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clones only get so big anyways unless your mother plant is in a 1 gal pot but if u r trying to transplant that root bound mother to a bigger pot u may have to do some root trimming people use this method on mother plants to promote new growth after having for a while in veg

If it's a green healthy shoot then it will be a healthy clone. Avoid taking clones from stressed-out, red stemmed, or woody sections.

cary schellie said:

Im sure this sounds stupid and Im gonna get blasted but, say I have a plant in a smaller pot that may be root bound, If I pull clones from that plant and put them in large pots will they out shine the mother?

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Short answer, yes. They will grow fine.

I keep my host plants (moms), in 1gal containers and after 6-9 months they look pretty gnarly and are rootbound to the max. Cuts from these in larger pots blow the mother plants away AFA size and growth.

What I do, do every so often is root prune the host plants. They are in square containers and I'll take a knife and slice off ~1/2" off of each side and ~1 1/2-2" off the bottom, then repot in the same container with fresh mix.

It's not a lot of fresh mix, but it gives the new roots something to grow into and really perks the plant up. I only do one at the time in case I screw something up. I keep at least 2 host plants for the same reason. The two is one and one is none, mentality.

Wet

Cloning from a rootbound mother can be a real good thing if the timing is right. I let my seedlings get rootbound
in a 4-inch pot. Rooted clones go into the 4-inch pots and stay there for about 2 weeks. By then the plant is a foot
tall and rootbound. A rootbound plant that is still growing will add more nodes. This means more branches and more
bud sites.

Good luck, BigSteve.

Good question! The future of my grow operation relies on whether or not a rootbound mother can produce healthy clones. Good info here! I'll definitely use the advice given here in the future, thanks!

Interesting thread I love taking clones from my hos its fun as Hell especially when its time to transplant into a fresh white grow bag.

Love the smell of wet sunshine mix 4 soil.