How to Clone Cannabis

Cloning sounds scientific and inaccessible. To an extent, it is, even when the word refers to cannabis cultivation and not the thing scientists occasionally do to sheep. But there are reasons most large-scale cannabis producers rely heavily on cloned plants for their production. Predictability. Quality. Speed of production. Profit. It’s a method of growing that works, both for cannabis and other forms of commercial plant production. It also doesn’t have to be inaccessible. In this article, we look at what cloning is and how it can be done at the beginner level. A cannabis clone is exactly what it sounds like — a genetic copy of an existing cannabis plant. To create a clone, the grower will snip off a branch (aka “a cutting”) from a female plant that has proven to be a worthy mother plant and then put it in a growing medium to help encourage root development. Once the clone’s roots are strong enough, it can be transplanted into soil and will continue to grow and develop just like the original marijuana plant. You will soon notice this clone expressing the same traits as its mother plant. Cloning, otherwise known as propagation, is the process