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Lodi, California

hi all. i was wondering, when you clone a plant do you allow the root system of the tap roots to grow into a pot before you cut the clone off the vine? or do you just cut the clone off and put it in potting soil? im hopeing that if i get a large kin this year i can clone the plant to use for next year if the clone looks healthy. thanks to all for all the help!

2/2/2013 10:38:45 AM

Rhode Island

ash
cloning is a good thing when cloning from a plant that grew a pumpkin you would consider desirable.
not an expert but to use a clone you would need to cut the tips of a side vine ( one for each clone your trying to grow) ,leaving a couple tap rots fully developed on each cutting to bury in the growing mix.---you could also start theclone tips in the garden in pots and then make the cut a week or two later on. (good idea on yourpart)
its a long winter though so, if you dont have proper light and warmth?its a tough deal.

see matt debaccos diary. hes one of the best at cloning that i know.
pap

2/2/2013 3:51:08 PM

Lodi, California

Ok, thanks Pap

2/2/2013 8:08:09 PM

Lodi, California

pap, i read the article on cloning giant kins, dont you want to clone off the main vine? thanks for the help!

2/4/2013 12:26:20 AM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Ashton,that is how i clone hydrangeas set a pot of soil under limb& put a rock on top of it,holding down to the soil.& in a couple weeks you have a clone to clip free from plant in the pot.& no hassle of keeping it alive cutting it 1st

2/4/2013 4:15:23 AM

Rhode Island

as far as i have experienced with matt? main is good but theres only one so sides will need to be cloned as well.

2/4/2013 8:58:00 AM

Colorado

For novices like myself- get the vine to root in a pot and then cut it.A couple of Co. growers kept clones alive back in 2000/2001.Its a lot of work-must credit matt d. for his efforts.Remember hes been cloning off plants that have produced world class specimens.Dont know if its worth it to clone from your own plant-sseds are easier

2/4/2013 11:26:02 AM

Colorado

"seeds"

2/4/2013 11:26:40 AM

Colorado

Ashton you might consider selfing your pumpkins and using that seed the next year if you really liked the pumpkin.Its not exactly the same as a clone but maybe next best thing.I like the idea of using that selfed seed as a pollinator the next year.

2/4/2013 12:01:06 PM

Sourthern Utah

so if you grow 2 plants,, let them grow ,, then graft them together ,, (these are of the same seeds by the way), and then after they vine out,, use a side vine fer a clone,, is it a sibbed clone?? or is it concidered a grafted clone??

2/4/2013 4:57:32 PM

Colorado

sibbed

2/4/2013 6:31:16 PM

Piqua, Ohio

I'd do some research on the size of pumpkins coming from clones, you may be surprised!

2/5/2013 8:27:34 AM

Connecticut

Hi Ashton-

Sorry for my delay, I have been busy with my pumpkin plants. TO best answer your question is take a look at my diary (link provided) as it goes through the process that I have used. What can make the cloning a little bit of a challenge is after you have a successful plant you are working with plant material that is a growing season old to begin with.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2010&grower=25411&action=L

2/5/2013 10:28:33 PM

Layton, UT

You are cloning a plant. That plant grows different size pumpkins. Is there any records of a clone plant producing a record pumpkin?

3/12/2013 11:26:01 AM