Inexpensive Cloning Start

 EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN CANADA IS PERMITTED TO GROW FOUR MARIJUANA PLANTS WHY DON'T YOU DO IT TOO 

Four plants are permitted in most of Canada and the first stage of getting growing can be done on a closet shelf.  I cut some drain holes in small yogurt containers and filled them with the very common Pro Mix HP which whomever you get your clones from probably has a bag of that or a similar product. When you decide to grow on, $30 to $40 buys a 3.8 cubic foot bale, it`s big.

This is alike to a closet bottom cloning station. A rod LED fixture can be used or possibly better a Sunblaster type florescent or any grow light or LED or florescent will probably work well. Bottom heat is good. An old heating pad on low and spaced will work, I had one, light bulb in a tin underneath the shelf also.

Bugs are bad news. They can persist where you grow forever. Check the plants you are getting clones from and/or the clones. Look for bugs. Watch out for scars or fungus or leaf curl. A magnifying glass, microscope or enlarged cell phone picture will help. 

   Most growers will have something like this Stim-Root //2. A surgical blade purchasable individually at medical supply and some drug stores can be glued into a slot in a used up pen`s plastic tube or some exacto type handles work well. Cut clones through a newly emerging leaf crotch. Water them in and spray with water. I use an old ketchup bottle which I squeeze creating a spray with a finger. The plastic ketchup bottle works well to water also. Count to apply an even amount, 123 123 123 . Lighting above is a sunblaster florescent tube.

This can be a very cheap part of a four clone grow and is the right size for a four clone grow and it is free in that it is a poly carbonate Salad Greens container. The lid makes a fine tight fitting bottom tray. V shaped cuts in upper corners create a closeable vents to open after 4 or 5 days.  The light is close above the dome. Once roots appear at the bottom of the cups it is time to transplant into larger containers and get some mild fertilizer to them.

GROWING FOUR CLONES IS GOOD PRACTICE AND GETS YOU READY WITH A FOUR OR MORE WEEK JUMP ON STARTING FROM SCRATCH LATER WITH CLONES OR SEEDS. IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO GROW PROBABLY A FRIEND WOULD LIKE YOUR PLANTS. THE CLONING PRODUCTION CAN BE DISCRETELY HIDDEN IN A CLOSET OR SIMILAR SPACE.

Eventually a grow would require a Metal Halide, a 1000 watt for various reasons, but new lower wattage just as effective bulbs are going to be available soon. There are probably lots of used 1K MH and HPS cheap or maybe free from a friend. There are new better lamps coming I am told.  

I grew my first plants for personal use in a sunroom in the house with fine results though at the end I bought a light rig. Budding is best with HPS, high pressure sodium, lamps but a Metal Halide can do it too. Old yellow light street lights and yard lights are HPS, might be disused these days.