Mother size

[Allglad]

hi I am work'n on my first try at salvia grow'n.

One thing I cant find info on is a good mother plant size may be.  What kind of height would be good?  How many side branches should it have?

Mahalo

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[Sea Mac]

Welcome to the Forum.

Are you asking what size plant you should buy? Or are you asking how large a plant should be before you cut it?

[Allglad]

thanx sea

he heh I am wonder'n what sizes are good for a mother plant before cut'n it for clones.

[NGT-C]

i think it really depends how many cuttings you want because almost any sized plant you could make a cutting. i would say if you wanted a small cutting every week
the plant would be about 3 feet tall and should be vary bushy. this can be easily accomplished be toping the plant and will give you many shoots away from the
mane stem.   

[Sea Mac]

He's right.

I require 30 cuttings, about a foot long, each Month so I require Several MONSTER Salvia Plants ...




Gotta climb a Ladder to cut stuff off of the top now:


Big Honkin Huge Plants!


I wait until they are at LEAST 4 feet tall before I take Cuttings - but you may not be that patient ...

[Allglad]

hey bud nice stuff....Mahalo for respond'n.

hey how long did it take to grow the monsters?

Do you take only clones from them, havest them for leaf....or?

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[Gorlax]

Sea Mac Do you keep any grow logs You would like to post?? or anything?? those things are monstrous. I would love to know what kind of routine you follow maybe write a book: growing Salvia the Sea Mac way. I will publish it for yah  No but seriously what the hell did you spill on those cuttings.

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

I thought I would chime in here.... Sea Mac has a pretty good picture log at his web site here:

http://members.cox.net/thegarden/

JARG

[Sea Mac]

hey bud nice stuff....Mahalo for respond'n.

hey how long did it take to grow the monsters?

Do you take only clones from them, havest them for leaf....or?

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Sorry I didn't answer right away.  I have not been here in the forum lately.

Plants the size of mine require high light levels for over a year and lots of space for roots to grow into. I do not think you have to worry about indoor plants getting to 8 feet tall (not for two or three years anyways).

No, I guess if I were to harvest leaves I could sell a fortune's worth. But my plants know I'm not going to just walk up and pick something off of them. There is a carpet of Salvia leaves on the ground: I'm not kidding that is a literal description of it! I seldom wish to smoke it: she is just a beautiful plant to grow.

[Sea Mac]

Sea Mac Do you keep any grow logs You would like to post?? or anything?? those things are monstrous. I would love to know what kind of routine you follow maybe write a book: growing Salvia the Sea Mac way. I will publish it for yah  No but seriously what the hell did you spill on those cuttings.

San Diego has insane light levels: the plants would burn to death in a few months if they weren't under a full tarp.

 Thank you, just a regular guy, for posting that link to my old grow log. I've tried to make some illustrated tutorials: http://sageseeds.info  I hope they help.

Keep a close eye on my summer grow off contest plant. I'm using my latest techniques on her and if you want a blow by blow description of How I treat them: that's the thread to watch.