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this was a clone faq i made, it was about to be added to the growfaqs from overgrow righr before it went down so this is what i got cached from google....


I have alot of pics I included so people can see what I mean, as im terrible at explaining things sometimes.

First off... we have everything we need in the pic which is...

1) Your clones.
2) Your rooting Gel ( I use Rootech)
3) A dome
4) Superthrive
5) Peat pellets
6) Razor blade or a window tint knife.. like i using now lol
7) Bowl of ph adjusted water


Now we are ready!
First off I want to say, I have cloned with rockwool and peat pellets... and to say... peat pellets blew away the rockwool cubes. For me it did, but im sure there are some out there that will say differently, but this is what works best for me, as I get the fastest results along with clones not wilting at all.

Ok now we got the clone(s), we take our clones and razor blade and cut off the remaining branches leaves under the main node.
I only leave 2 fan leaves on and than anything above it like here in the pic. That also helps in rooting faster.

Now we have cut off the remaining leaves, leaving a <st1:City><st1lace>long branch</st1lace></st1:City> with 2 fan leaves and the main top node. What you want to do is take the clone and cut off all but 2 in off the clone, or whatever your desired height may be, but for me its around <st1:time minute="58" hour="14">2 to 3</st1:time> in.

At the bottom we want to cut it with the razor blade and discard the other half you cut. Next, we take the razor blade and use scarification on the bottom, or slicing a tiny layer at the bottom exposing the inner half of the stem, by doing this it allows the clone to produce roots easier. Now we have our cut and scarifed clone, now here is where my trick comes in.
After I take the cutting, I take my water and put 1 drop of super thrive in about 10 oz of water, stick my cutting in the bowl of water, the part that I scaficed is the part that needs to be submerged, the whole part that was scarifcationed. Then i take my peat pellet and soak it in the water along with the clone. (I keep the clone in the bowl untill the peat pellet has absorbed enough water and is ready to use.)

Ok, now the peat pellet is ready to be taken out, squeeze the excess water out, but dont squeeze it out completely, leave some water in there, as I dont mist the clones nor the dome, the peat pellets will be enough mositure in the dome, unless you have a bigger dome with not as many clones ,then you will have to put in a wet towel to keep it a bit humid, or misting the dome itself.

Im using my small dome here, because my big one was to big.. lol.
Anyways, take the peat pellet and 3 toothpicks, or the size of the stem your clone was, ( i used the other half of the stem i cut from the clone to make the hole in my peat pellet. ) and poke a hole in the middle of the pellet.
Now take your cutting from the bowl of water, and get out your rooting hormone, im using a gel, so dip the clone tip all the way to how big you scraped the end of the stem, and put it in your peat pellet. Now you have your clone in your medium. After you put your clone in the peat pellet, you want to squeeze it a bit so the clone gets a good contact with the peat pellet.... other wise it may not root properly without it getting good contact, because of air geting to it before it can root.
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->Put the clones in the dome and put them in light, dont keep the clones under the light as if they were seedlings. keep them about 12 in away or more for now untill they root, by doing this it doesnt put as much stress on the clones, and wont dry things up quicker in the dome.

Another trick I use is when using a dome you normally have to work your clones out of the dome, I say hosh posh. In order to not work your clones out of the dome you need to make sure there is small holes at both ends of the dome, about a half an inch on each side, just enough to keep it mildly humid but yet still get air in the dome. By doing this that takes away the time to work your clones out of the dome. So after I see roots coming out of my pellet I just put them into pots and they dont wilt, because they are being worked slowly as they grow roots.

So, I sure hope this will help any of you who are having trouble rooting clones. I know this worked because I have tryed it about 4 times now, hell i gave out all 4 clones I rooted recently to a friend, because I don't have any room for them now. I was just doing this as a test basis to see if this method worked more than once, which it did! So here a I am telling all of you! <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" oreferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <vath o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24pt; height:24pt'/><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]-->[IMG]file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHome%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsoht ml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif[/IMG]<!--[endif]-->

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments on this cloning method, I would be glad to help you out.
Also, if you do want to use this method, please let me know how it worked out for you as well!
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