Been making a bunch of successful clones lately. So much that I had to give a bunch away. Now that I have that on lock, I have questions. All the clones I currently have in veg just grew out naturally however they wanted. I did a little training but not much. Now I am curious about topping clones. The structure is obviously different than the plants grown from seed. There isn’t a spot with two new branches that I can cut above. Where do you recommend I make the cut when topping clones? Here is a photo of a Kush clone I want to top.
I would do blue and then pull it gently sideways a little bit with the goal of getting all 3 of the remaining tops going as even as possible. Bending it sideways to get them growing out and away from the main stem.
Edit to add:It has alternating nodes as a mature plant instead of immature structure you’d see in a topping age plant from seed where it would have symetrical nodes.
I would also say blue. You have 3 good nodes close to each other to become colas.
Versus if you cut at purple, where you could easily end up with just 1 cola, which defeats the whole purpose of topping, however, you will get enhanced side branch growth regardless of which color line you choose.
First you should cut your clones from 4-6 inches in height. Roots usually come from internodes when cloning so in your example and with the 4-6 inch rule I would use the red line. I always make my cuts right below an internode so my roots are mainly at the bottom of my clones.
I had two Kush clones with close to the same setup so I cut one at the red and one at the blue. We will see what happens. Thanks for the input.
Thanks for the tips on taking clones! In this case I already have the clones and they are rooted but I was asking about best places to top them since the structure of a clone is a bit different than the ones I grow from seed. I wasn’t planning on using the cut top to make another clone in this case.
So far anything in the chem91 in it seems to be the most difficult to clone. Most others tho, 2 weeks in a misting dome and into a cup off to the races.
