New to keeping mothers

I grew some seed out and kept mother’s to clone from its all been going great. I’ve only had these mothers for about 4 months and they seem to be stretching like they are going to flower. these are not autos.


They are red cherry berry x remedy and rcb x glacier from @Sebring. Im using 2 t5 lights 24 hours. Is it that they are not getting enough light? I can add more.

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They look fine to me

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They do look fine.

Plan on keeping this area super clean for the long haul results.

Vectors for infestation, disease, mold, mildew etc will need to be kept under control.

I like to take clones as I go, but I have lost some keepers along the way with this approach.

Good luck.

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So the alternating internodes is not a problem then? Good. I have 9 mothers until the clones are done and i can narrow it down to two. One remedy and one glacier. Then i will start two new strains and do the same. :grin:

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No, they will all do that as they get older. Some varieties will flower if the get root bound, however. I use fabric pots to counter this.

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:blush: [cough]

I’m still happy as hell to see this-a-happenin.

Also, I am trying to mother their Auntie RCB8 :wink: and am discovering that my porch-light is too weak to maintain veg & the plant’s caught between re-veg & bloom. :unamused:

Yours look fine & the previous replies are spot on. :thumbsup:

Allowing 2-4 hrs of dark might help slow them down too. :night_with_stars:

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Sorry! They were from you @cannabissequoia ! Lol

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Just hack them back, mine get regularly decapitated to keep them fitting in the small tent I house them in. It will help them bush out and give you more potential clones as well. I am brutal with mine, and the seem to bounce back fine. I also root prune them every once in a while if they are getting rootbound, but I hear those airpots mean this is not necessary. Also I feed mine flower nutrients with low nitrogen and a good amount of sargassum kelp to promote branching.

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Ya I’m ruthless with moms too. Mine get full strength veg nutes (megacrop) and keep kicking along just fine. I also hack them back indiscriminately and they don’t mine at all. They’re under 4 compact fluorescent spiral bulbs which they just love.

Since I’ve switched to coco I have some in tiny pots that are like 3" cubed and I can’t believe how happy they’ve been the whole time. I have to hack them every week or so they just keep growing.

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