With Massachusetts legalization, the cannabis market is exploding in places like Holyoke and Lee, MA. Cultivators continually create new weed strains with diverse flavors, aromas, and potencies. Once you’ve found your favorite strain, consider cloning it. Whether you’re new to cannabis or an avid user wondering how to grow cannabis clones, perfecting the art can be challenging. This guide removes stress and offers easy tips to grow weed clones, so you’ll always get the most out of your plants.

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How to Grow Cannabis Clones

Choose a Healthy Mother Plant

If you’re cutting your own clone, since it has identical genetics to the mother plant, choose a good-sized plant that produces lots of buds. Pick a straight branch (minimum three nodes). Using a sharp knife or razor blade, cut the branch at a 45° angle, below the third node, and remove leaves near the cut. Place the clone in water to keep hydrated and prevent air bubbles from forming in the shoot. From here, follow below for weed clone growing tips for clones purchased from Canna Provisions in Holyoke and Lee, MA.

Tips to Grow Weed Clones

Transplanting Your Clone

1. Pots: A one-gallon pot filled with Bio365 soil will save repotting your plant. Tip: Use a misted rockwool rooting cube to maximize cloning success, as it locks in moisture.
2. Rooting hormone: If planting fresh-cut clones, brush ends before planting to promote root cells, carefully avoiding leaves. For rooted clones, soak roots in disinfectant like a mild hydrogen peroxide/water solution to avoid pests, infections, and keep clones sterile and well-hydrated.
3. Preparing: Dig a small hole deep enough for roots and wide enough for the stem’s width, ensuring the branch stands straight.
4. Planting: Gently press soil around the clone’s stem, ensuring it’s sturdy, then lightly mist. Tip: If using a rooting cube, wait until small white hairs appear before transplanting.
5. Humidity: The first 48 hours are critical. A humidity dome will prevent your clone from drying out. 70-80% humidity and temps around 72-78°F are optimal for root development.
6. Lighting: Use LED or low-intensity fluorescent lights, placed 30 inches from the plant, and follow the daily 18/6 rule (18hrs light/6hrs dark). As the plant’s ready to flower, change to 12/12 light rule and 60-65% humidity for optimal bud production.
7. Watering: The first week after transplanting is important. Ensure your clone remains moist. Look for some water runoff. Tip: Keep water temps under 70 °F.
8. Feeding: Use 1-1-1 balanced nitrogen (N), phosphate (P), and potassium (K) formula during the seedling stage, and N-P-K fertilizer (12-6-6) during the vegetative stage. When flowering, use 5-7-10 for denser, resinous flowers.

Watch for Canna Provisions’ Clone Drops

For more weed clone growing tips or buying the best clones in MA, look to Canna Provisions. They carry award-winning strains, and their clones are always healthy and ready-to-plant. Check the site regularly or sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know when new clones arrive at their Holyoke and Lee, MA locations. Happy Cloning!

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