Traditional Clone Care Sheet
Tutorial
This guide provides essential steps for caring for traditional cannabis clones, from transport to transplant. It includes tips on acclimating clones, maintaining optimal light and nutrients, and managing pests using beneficial insects to ensure successful growth.
Endless Biotech’s Traditional Clone Care Sheet offers a comprehensive approach to clone care, starting with transporting clones to a stable environment with optimal temperature, humidity, and lighting conditions. The guide emphasizes removing transport domes upon arrival and maintaining 24-hour full-spectrum light exposure, along with a specific nutrient regimen using Athena Pro.
After potting, clones require careful monitoring with 50% strength Week One Nutrient Solution and a focus on maintaining moisture levels in a 70/30 coco/perlite mix. Transplanting instructions ensure clones adjust to their permanent growing environment, with gradual acclimation to new light intensities. Beneficial insects are also highlighted as part of pest management, protecting the clones naturally. This guide ensures traditional clones thrive through every stage of growth.
Traditional cannabis clones are delicate and need to be cared for immediately after receiving them. This guide outlines the steps for bringing them home safely, acclimating them, transplanting them into their new environment, and ensuring they receive proper nutrients and light.
Receiving Traditional Clones
- Get Them Home ASAP:
- Avoid leaving your clones in the car. Extreme temperatures can kill them.
- Transport them to a stable environment as quickly as possible.
- Stable Environment Requirements:
- Temperature: 76°F–81°F.
- Humidity: 55%–60%.
- Light Requirements:
- Place clones under a 20–40 watt full-spectrum light (>6000K, 9000K optimal) with 24-hour lighting.
- Nutrient Timing:
- The trays contain nutrients that will sustain the clones for up to 12 hours.
- Dome Removal:
- Remove the domes immediately upon arrival. The domes were used to maintain a stable environment during transport, but they are no longer needed.
Caring for Clones Before Transplant
- Nutrients While Still a Clone:
- Athena Pro @ 3.0 EC.
- pH: 5.8.
- Environmental Conditions:
- Maintain the same temperature (76°F–81°F) and humidity (55%–60%).
- Keep clones under the full-spectrum light with 24-hour exposure.
Potted Clones Care
Once potted, clones need special care for the first week to ensure they acclimate to their new environment.
- Nutrient Solution:
- For the first week, use a 50% strength Week One Nutrient Solution.
- Water at least once daily, checking the moisture level of the medium.
- Lighting Requirements:
- Keep the clones under a full-spectrum grow light (24-hour exposure).
- Medium Information:
- Potted clones are in a 70/30 coco/perlite mix. Adjust care accordingly to maintain optimal moisture and nutrition levels.
Transplanting Traditional Clones
Once your clones are potted, it's time to transplant them to their permanent home.
- Timing:
- Transplant the clones as soon as possible into their future growing medium.
- Acclimating Light Conditions:
- Provide at least 16–18 hours of light per day after transplanting.
- Remember that the clones were previously exposed to 24 hours of low-intensity LED lighting. Gradually acclimate them to their new light intensity to avoid stress.
Beneficial Insects and Pest Management
At Endless Biotech, we maintain high standards for the health of our clones. As part of our Integrated Pest Management (IPM), we use beneficial insects to prevent, reduce, and eliminate pest infestations.
- Beneficial Insects:
- If you spot a beneficial insect on your clone, don’t be alarmed. They are there to protect the plants and are short-lived (7–14 days).
Grow Notes for Traditional Clones
- Pre-Transplant Care:
- pH: 6.1.
- EC: 0.6.
- Keep clones under broad-spectrum light not exceeding 150 PAR (µmols/m²/sec).
- Post-Transplant Adjustments:
- After transplanting, adjust the pH and EC according to the new growing medium to ensure optimal growth conditions.
Conclusion
Following this care sheet will help ensure your traditional clones thrive from the moment they arrive, through the acclimation process, and into their new growing environment.
