Hi
Read the article on Bonsai mothers but did not find much info on soil/mix etc.
I currently have a couple of clones just rooted in an aerocloner and want to keep one for a mother plant for future cuttings.
Can i just place a cutting into soil/pot ? What soil size pot do i need ??
How do i feed here in soil to keep here ticking over ?as i grow in Hydro ?
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Full Version: What Soil For A Mother Plant ?
Hey takeiteasy.
I would just use some multi-purpose compost, like j. arthur bower with added john innes or some biobizz all-mix if you can get it. i would use a 1l then 3l and finally 6L pot for the mum. but depends on how much room you got for your mum or how many cuttings you want to take of her...
you won't need to feed for first couple of weeks as long as you pot up, you'll just need plain tap water with some root booster if you like. just get basic grow nutrients for compost... such as a little bottle of biobizz grow
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I would just use some multi-purpose compost, like j. arthur bower with added john innes or some biobizz all-mix if you can get it. i would use a 1l then 3l and finally 6L pot for the mum. but depends on how much room you got for your mum or how many cuttings you want to take of her...
you won't need to feed for first couple of weeks as long as you pot up, you'll just need plain tap water with some root booster if you like. just get basic grow nutrients for compost... such as a little bottle of biobizz grow
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As above, I think you should use something decent but cheap, JAB+JI would be suitable, if you were to use biobizz or another premium it might just be a waste because sooner or later you'll be trimming the roots.
QUOTE (takeiteazy @ Sep 29 2009, 11:44 PM) 
How do i feed here in soil to keep here ticking over ?as i grow in Hydro ?
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The Mums need just enough fertiliser to keep them healthy. Feed of half strength fertiliser twice a month, using say a 6-2-4 fish mix as about right [its not critical]! This keeps them in good general health but doesn't over feed them.
its in here > http://www.cannabase.com/cl/
Westlands pluss is what I use for my mums.
They get started in a 1.4 litre pot and moved up to a 3.5 litre pot.
They stay in theses and get a doze of fishmix every now and again.
Every 4/5 weeks I knock them out trim the roots back and repot with fresh compo.
Works for me..no need for large pots for mums.
p&q
They get started in a 1.4 litre pot and moved up to a 3.5 litre pot.
They stay in theses and get a doze of fishmix every now and again.
Every 4/5 weeks I knock them out trim the roots back and repot with fresh compo.
Works for me..no need for large pots for mums.
p&q
Those who are using larger pots for their mums like the 3.5L-6L(¡!) ones - ¿how large do you keep them - like how tall, and what sort of rough circumference?
Probably my spatial reckoning is all to cock, but certainly 6L seems rather on the large side for keeping a mother plant in.
Probably my spatial reckoning is all to cock, but certainly 6L seems rather on the large side for keeping a mother plant in.
In the cannabase article does it not say that the final pots should be one litre max?
This is how I do it anyway... Two root prunes a year (unless they're looking really shabby, and i need some cuts.)
I use westlands MP with added JI.
This is how I do it anyway... Two root prunes a year (unless they're looking really shabby, and i need some cuts.)
I use westlands MP with added JI.
QUOTE (bart @ Oct 2 2009, 08:11 AM)
its in here > http://www.cannabase.com/cl/
QUOTE (Scribb|e @ Oct 2 2009, 09:25 AM)
6L seems rather on the large side for keeping a mother plant in.
It is. Very large. I use one litre squares., maximum. The 6L squares I keep for flowering in.
QUOTE (Stonehenge @ Oct 2 2009, 09:31 AM)
In the cannabase article does it not say that the final pots should be one litre max?
This is how I do it anyway... Two root prunes a year (unless they're looking really shabby, and i need some cuts.)
This is how I do it anyway... Two root prunes a year (unless they're looking really shabby, and i need some cuts.)
Same here.
QUOTE (Stonehenge @ Oct 2 2009, 09:31 AM)
In the cannabase article does it not say that the final pots should be one litre max?
Yep - that's how I remembered it, too.
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In the picture...from the left:-
1) Is the trimmed cutting from above.
2) Has had 2 sets of cuttings taken off and is more than ready to move to a 3 inch pot. As you can see it is a little short of N showing its better to move after only taking one set of cuttings.
3) In a 3 inch pot 12 cuttings have been taken with 2 left on to show where
to cut back to.
4) Is a five year old Mum that has just had 32 cuttings taken off and could do with some more small twiggy bits removed. She is in a 1 litre pot and has been since she was 3 months old.
1) Is the trimmed cutting from above.
2) Has had 2 sets of cuttings taken off and is more than ready to move to a 3 inch pot. As you can see it is a little short of N showing its better to move after only taking one set of cuttings.
3) In a 3 inch pot 12 cuttings have been taken with 2 left on to show where
to cut back to.
4) Is a five year old Mum that has just had 32 cuttings taken off and could do with some more small twiggy bits removed. She is in a 1 litre pot and has been since she was 3 months old.
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