planting clones into soil?

unted.Bl

unted.Bl

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probably seems like a dumb question but im planning my first grow and have not found any information on if this can be done.
so my question is can you plant clones into soil?
and if so whats a successful method?
thanks to anyone who responds in advance
 
stumps

stumps

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yes you can. I just put them in seedling soil. Water with plain water the first time. Start nutes on the second watering.
 
unted.Bl

unted.Bl

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thanks stumps. iv also heard that you only veg. clones for a short period of time. is this true?
and if so does that mean my clones will remain pretty small/short? or no
 
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dinkydigger

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unted.Bl said:
probably seems like a dumb question but im planning my first grow and have not found any information on if this can be done.
so my question is can you plant clones into soil?
and if so whats a successful method?
thanks to anyone who responds in advance
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there is a way to do it, but i wouldn't do it. it's a lot easier to start them in peat plugs so you can make sure they are going to root (you can see the roots coming out of the plugs). then transplant into solo cups so you can build the root system up on them. actually, i think jiffy makes a seedling starting kit that would have everything you need (except the light and rooting gel)
 
unted.Bl

unted.Bl

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hmm interesting. do you just plant your rooted clones along with the peat plug into the solo cups with soil??
dinkydigger said:
there is a way to do it, but i wouldn't do it. it's a lot easier to start them in peat plugs so you can make sure they are going to root (you can see the roots coming out of the plugs). then transplant into solo cups so you can build the root system up on them. actually, i think jiffy makes a seedling starting kit that would have everything you need (except the light and rooting gel)
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dinkydigger

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unted.Bl said:
what sort of light cycle should i be running once i first put my clones into peat plugs?
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i'm confused..are you starting clones?..or do you already have rooted ones and trying to transplant?....and the light cycle question is 24 hours until you know they are stable and will live, then go 18/6 to encourage it to grow roots
 
unted.Bl

unted.Bl

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im gonna be starting clones.
thanks for the light cycle answer.
dinkydigger said:
i'm confused..are you starting clones?..or do you already have rooted ones and trying to transplant?....and the light cycle question is 24 hours until you know they are stable and will live, then go 18/6 to encourage it to grow roots
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stumps

stumps

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unted.Bl said:
thanks stumps. iv also heard that you only veg. clones for a short period of time. is this true?
and if so does that mean my clones will remain pretty small/short? or no
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you don't need much time to flower clones. Just good roots. you take a clone from a adult mom. That clone is also a adult. I like to veg a month or so.
 
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captin prang

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stumps said:
you don't need much time to flower clones. Just good roots. you take a clone from a adult mom. That clone is also a adult. I like to veg a month or so.
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you can veg clones as soon as there rooted if you really wanted as long as its been taken from a mature plant (over a month old).it just depends on how patient or how big you want the plant to be ,the sooner you veg the smaller the plants gona be.depends on how strong your bulb is too,if you've got a 250w you might as well top early and start veggin
 
stumps

stumps

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I sucked at starting in soil. a little bubble cloner is the way to go if you can set it up.
 
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