Cloning fan leaf?

I don't know why the genetics would be different in a leaf. If it roots and gets neuts it should grow. But you should try cutting off about 60% of the leaf area. That way the energy will go to maintaining root growth, not tending to leaf health. Let the neuts come from the medium not the leaf. Anyway, that's the experiment I'm trying today. I have a variety from defoliation. I topped a couple nodes beneath a failed FIM, yes I missed the miss, and that's my healthiest clone so far. Just going for the tops won't build much of a clone army so I'm working other ideas. BTW I'm new and just trying to figure it out too.
 
Hey OG,

Welcome to forums at 420.

This is an old post from 2011, another grave digger from the new similar threads feature.

Because a fan leaf is just a petiole - that is a stem to support a single leaf....so even if it rooted then you would only have 1 single fan leaf growing - especially since there is no place for growth tips or a main stalk to sprout from. What would be the point since it can’t ever produce a full plant or buds?

If you want to clone a plant then take a proper cutting and get it rooted.
 
Yep. I had just finished an article the end of which mentioned this same "oddity" among a small handfull of other plants. Back to figuring out why my stem clones are yellowing (starting with N).
 
I did it once and the node grew four tops out of it immediately but then I gave the clone away so I don't know what happened to it in the rest of its life
 
Maer said:
I have some bubblegummer, C99, and C99 / Haze plant I started from seed. They are 5 weeks old and the secondary branches are just starting, not nearly long enough to clone. I want to flip them to 12 / 12 but I want clones 1st. Can I clone a fan leave? Sorry for asking I couldn't find this in any of the FAQ's
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I’m surprise nobody research this before they change then. You can clone a plant off a fan leaf. There’s a couple different procedures and methods, and would be considered an advance method. But it involves taking the leaf slicing down the back stem on the bottom all the way down reading gel or powder carving a ditch out of the soil putting it in there out of V and leave it moist. If you just plan a family with routing gel or powder into street soil you can Grilli good root system the leaf gets a little bigger but I haven’t seen much else from that. I assume hydroponics would express the operation and maybe somebody can get a good result with that. I have seen buds grow out of the center of leaves... soo Maybe it’s possible but there are sources that say it is with proof
 
LEDman said:
... and then what? :) No, in all honesty: The chances of just one fan leaf rooting and surviving are... small. I have read a lot about getting a fan leaf to root, but I have yet to see consistent results, a.k.a. "pics or it didn't happen". In theory, it can be done. In practise, it doesn't make much sense if you can take big, beautiful clones that dependably root given the right circumstances.
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I know a guy that found a rooted leaf in his hydro systems but I never found out if he tried to continue growing it or not
 
donpaul.p said:
its not possible to clone a leaf, plus if you did mange to pull it off then all you would have is 1 leaf and nothing more as their would be no stem to grow so you would end up with just 1 leaf for as long as you kept it alive,

here is another option open to you though, if their to small to clone from and you do want to keep the strain around they why not go with a reveg, all you do is flower the plant as normal, but then when you harvest just leave the smallest amount of growth on the plant, so the small tiny buds or a few small lower inner branches, leave these on the plant after harvest then put the plant back under a veg schedule, id use 24-0 or 20-4 until the plant is back in veg then use the schedule you want to use,

i reveg often and it gives you a monster cropped plant which means many many more branches and some really crazy growth, harvest next time round is increased by anything from 20 to 40%

a reveg does take time how ever, after you harvest the plant needs to be fed a weak veg nutrient feed about 1/4 strength, then put plant under 20-4 or 24-0. for the first week you wont notice any new growth, week 2 you will notice some strange single bladed leaves, week 3 you will be back in veg and you will have a monster cropped plant which means many many branches, you will have branches growing out of branches and you will have more clones than you know what to do with, instead of having a small xmas tree shaped plant you will have a big bush that looks like its been under a scrog, the yield will be a lot bigger after a reveg, once its back in veg just veg as long as you like then flip back to 12-12 for flower,
ive revegged the same plant 3 or 4 times with no problems what so ever, all that happens is you get a monster cropped plant with many branches,
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How much do you leave on the motger before returning it to veg after harvest?
 
Ohionewb2024 said:
How much do you leave on the motger before returning it to veg after harvest?
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Took me several seconds to realize what a "motger" was:).

I'm not sure that there is a set amount or a percentage of the leaves that should be left on the stalks. It probably is best to just do the harvest and either leave what is left on the stalks or trim off as much as you are comfortable with. Then put it back under the lights and back to the number of hours used for the vegetating stage.

How much you leave on the plant stem & stalks will eventually depend on experience.
 
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