Step-by-Step Cloning Guide
Cloning medical marijuana is the process of taking your medical marijuana genetics and creating a brand new plant that will be nearly identical to the plant that the clone was taken from. This is a very efficient way to have a continual stream of new plants. It is much faster than growing from seed and you will be guaranteed to have a female plant, where as when you grow from seed you will end up with half males which will just have to be thrown out. Cloning is a relatively simple process when done the right way.
The materials you will need to do the cloning process:
- Clean, sharp razor blade
- Small tupperware or cup
- Rooting gel or powder
Here is your step-by-step cloning guide: 1.) Fill your tupperware or cup with de-chlorinated water with a pH 5-6. This is where you will put your fresh clippings immediately after cutting them from the plant.
2.) Look for newer, fresh shoots towards the lower part of the plant. The reason you prefer to cut your clones from the lower part of the plant is that part of the plant has more of the proper hormones for cloning. Select a branch and cut it right where it attaches to the bigger branch or stem. If it is a top, try to cut it as close to the new growth below it as possible. 
Immediately put your clipping into the cup/tupperware of water while you take more clones.
3.) Once you have taken all the clones you need, it is time to prepare the clipping for entry into the clone machine. Take your clipping and make a 45 degree cut, this allows for the maximum surface area available for new root growth. Make sure to make your cut under water because if you make the cut in air, the trauma from the new cut makes the plant try to suck up extra water but since there is no water, it will just suck up air instead which can create air embolisms which can prevent optimum root growth. 
You can also split the step by cutting up the middle of the clipping. This will create a maximum surface area of potential root formation. 
4.) Dip your clipping into the rooting compound of your choice.
5.) Place your clipping into your foam insert or coco cube. Cut the 50% of the leaves off. This minimizes perspiration (loss of water through the plant leaf membrane) and keeps the clones from drying out so much.
6.) Place the clipping into your clone machine and turn it on. If your grow space has low humidity (less than 80%), you will want to use a humidity dome or anti wilt spray. A higher humidity helps the clippings root faster because the plants don’t transpire as much. Anti wilt does basically the same thing by sealing the leaves and minimizing transpiration. I also like to add a little bit of my root fertilizer (50% of regular amount) to the anti wilt spray. This can be absorbed through the plant leaves and speed the rooting process. To finish off my clone spray, I like to add a wetting agent which basically keeps the water from beading up and creates better coverage on the leaves.
Tips:
- Keep the pH of your water at 5-6
- Lights should be placed at a healthy distance, the clones don’t need much light energy
- Temperatures should be kept at TEMP
- If the leaves on the clipping start to yellow and die, don’t panic this is completely normal
- If it takes longer than 14 days to have solid roots, you will want to change your water to avoid other stuff growing inside
Some DIY Cloner Systems:
Small Bubble Cloner or DWC Clone Machine – 8 Site
24 Site Aeroponic Clone Machine
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i have started some clones in a ez-cloner and my clones are wilted will they come back.or is there something i’m doing wrong?
Hello. I would strongly recommend using an Anti Wilt spray. Most likely the environment you are trying to clone in doesn’t have proper humidity levels (should be as high as 90%). This can be achieved with a humidity dome, but if you don’t have one or don’t have one that fits well over your cloner, then you need to spray the clones with anti wilt which will keep them from perspiring too much and wilting. To get my personal formula for cloning just go to the bottom of this guide at step 6.
Can clones be recovered from a plant that has gone to bud and harvested?
I think that is too late. Harvested plants are dead plants, even plants that are really far a long are extremely difficult to clone.
Thanks for keeping track of postings here! Two questions:
How late in veg or even flowering can you wait before grabbing your cuttings from the plant?
How small can you go on your cutting–does it pretty much have to be the entire branch straight off the main stem, or can you cut smaller samples from the next-smaller level branches growing off that branch itself?
You can take clippings any time during the veg cycle with no difference. It is preferred to take the clones from the lower part of the plant as the hormones there are better suited for cloning, but yea, as long as the plant is in vegetative state, there isn’t any difference between a young plant and an older one. Flowering is tougher. You can get clones going from a flowering plant, but the further along the plant is in flowering the longer it will take to root those clones, and your odds of success will be lower, but it can certainly be done.
Size doesn’t really matter for the clones. As long as there is enough stem to reach into your cloning medium and enough plant to stick out the top you are fine. I think a good minimum would be around 2 inches. Definitely doesn’t need to be the main branch, the smaller offshoots work great too. Thanks for visiting!
when you do the cuttings do you give the new cuts a dark period b4 any light or do you just place them right in2 the 18/6 CFL???
I just put them right into the light. Get them going asap. The light really isn’t used much in photosynthesis, it is more there just as an activator for root growth.