Can you plant cannabis clones outdoors?

When growing cannabis outdoors, we may have multiple doubts. In some cases, when we want to clone a cannabis mother plant, we must first perform cutting and rooting, being able to get a homogeneous crop of our favorite strains. To know how to plant cannabis clones outdoors, keep reading the necessary information described below.

How to plant cannabis clones outdoors

By cloning, we can get the plant’s clone of our choice with the same characteristics as its mother plant. When performing this practice, we must take care of not contaminating the mother plant nor the clones. This process will be the same for both indoors and outdoors cannabis clones.

Prepare your plant

In order to get high-quality clones, the plant must be in the best possible conditions, that’s why it is recommended to:

• Keep the plant hydrated by watering it a few hours earlier.
• Do not fertilize it in the last watering so the plant will consume energy in the roots and not in the leaves and stems.
• Apply a preventive insecticide a few days before the cloning to avoid possible plagues.

Prepare the growing medium

We must provide our cannabis plants with a quality substrate. In outdoor cannabis cloning, the first applied substrate will be the press peat or Jiffy. How to proceed:

• Add some water to the press peat or Jiffy before placing the cuttings.
• Drain excess water of the Jiffys providing ventilation to the substrate and letting the roots grow.
• Fill the tray for clones maintaining the humidity levels.

Taking the cuttings 

Before cutting the twigs for cloning, the cutting tools must be sterilized to prevent the transmission of possible diseases. Thus, we must choose the twigs we want to cut with at least one node, and perform a 45º cut with scissors, a box cutter or a knife.

Then, after immersing the clones in cutting or rooting hormones, we must place them in the Jiffys. It’s important to hold the stems really tight so that they do not break.

Storing cuttings

They must be placed in a greenhouse to control them.

• Cut the leaf tips so they won’t need much water.
• Maintain high humidity levels so they won’t dry. If the levels are low, spray with water.
• Monitor the temperature and renew the air to prevent fungi from appearing.
• Once the roots pass through the Jiffys, it’s time for transplanting.

When to plant clones outdoors

One of the important factors to be considered is when to take the plant or cuttings outdoors. If you do it too soon, it may cause problems. Therefore, here you have some useful tips:

• The cannabis cloning season outdoors is from May to July. If you start earlier, they will grow smaller due to the lack of light hours. July is the best month to perform this practice.
• If you prefere, you can grow your plant indoors and take it outdoors once it has a good size and receives the proper amount of light hours. The flowering period will start after decreasing the hours of natural light, so they will be harvested during the seed bank’s scheduled periods.

Outdoors cannabis clones advantages

Some of the cloning benefits are:

• Clone your favorite plants, getting a more homogeneous crop with the desired quality.
• By cloning these strains, you will be able to plant them for the next season as long as they’re stored properly. You can put them in grow tents with energy-efficient lighting and some extractors to renew the air while removing excessive heat.

The best strains for outdoors cannabis clones

Among the wide strains’ existing varieties for outdoor growing, there are some that stand out for having perfect characteristics for cloning that can be found in our catalog such as:

Shaman Regular

Shaman Regular by Dutch Passion Regular stands out for its floral, sweet scent with a bittersweet flavor. It’s a great strain to plant clones and set them straight under a 12/12 h light period. That way, you can easily obtain vigorous plants with purple tones. It’s also quite resistant to fungi and spider mites, making it one of the best plants for outdoor growing.

Somango

Somango is one of the most well-known acclaimed strains around the world due to its sweet, unforgettable flavor. It comes from a cross between Super Skunk and Big Skunk Korean, together with the famous Jack Herer. It’s the perfect plant to clone due to its vigor and growth speed. However, the height and branching must be controlled. Outdoors, this strain produces great yields to be harvested in early October.

Black Domina Regular

Black Domina Regular by Sensi Seeds is a perfect strain designed for indica lovers. It has a beautiful dark green that almost looks black. Black Domina is the perfect indica for outdoor grows as you will get a lush flowering, especially when grown under sunlight. It also has intense incensed marked flavors.

If you follow all the tips mentioned above, you can easily grow quality cannabis clones outdoors of your favorite strains so you can update their characteristics.