I would really appreciate it if I could get some help with cloning. I have cloning powder all I could afford ATM. But any help is well appreciated. *bongin* Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom.
I take cuttings from the tips or the softest parts of the plant. I cut leaving 3 or 4 sets of leaves attached. I then cut all but the last couple sets, place the stem in water and cut at a 45 degree angle, sometimes I cut down the middle of the stem also as all exposed areas will produce roots. I also cut the remaining leaves in half. Roll them in the powder, place in 2" cubes or jiffy pellets, place under a humidity dome, mist the dome every day(good air exchange also) and in 7-10 days...you should have roots. A cheap alternative to a humidity dome etc... is use plastic drinking cups w/soil and cover with a baggie! Good luck. Peace!
Just started some clones today. Researched this method over and over and it seems to be very good old but quite effective. Take your cutting that you wish to clone make sure its cut on a 45degree angle with a clean sharp razor. Carfully scrape away the thin green layer at the bottom were you made your cut about 1/2 inch up ever so lightly just to make more available surface area for roots to grow and simple put it in a water bottle that is full. Watch and change the water everyday within 7 days you should see roots start to form then you can put it in your desired medium Simple, Cheap and easy Happy growing.
Place the water bottle cloner in your grow area or on a windowsill works good aswell, your mother plant should be able to shade the cutting enough until in has roots growing. Direct sunlight can be quite harsh for your little cuttings if your growing outdoors like me.
Can clones this big root an cna I root them in soil ...I was thinking peat pellets but their so tall.i might need to prop them up Sent from my SGH-T889 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
You will more likly wait a month. I know a friend that does this. Use to use grodan cubes and swore by them but hen one year all his clones died. Best to clone in what you will transplant into after. Personaly cloning I like the cubes. You can keep an eye on things easyer. And I dont see roots for 1-2 weeks. You wana see roots in 5-7 days get a cloner. Sent from my SGH-I747M using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Anybody out there run into clone wilt? My friend uses clonex, I think- indole-3-butrytic acid and naphthaleneacetic acid powder. He's got an aeroponic cloner that usually does about 75% success. I've been cloning tomatoes and peppers with 100% success using the same powders, just sticking them into sterilized potting soil. I think he's got pythium and was wondering if you could mix the powders and some sort of pythium-o-cide into a gel - whether that works. I used to have a hydro shop and customers were evenly divided between powder and gel. Any thoughts?
Another good thing to do is to VERY gently scrape the outer layer of stem from the end that goes in the rockwool cubes or whatever you're using. Make sure you immediately coat the newly exposed area in rooting compound. The new roots actually grow out from the sides of the stem and NOT out the cut end. Scraping promotes moisture uptake and tells the plant that this area is a good place to produce new roots. -growtender
The process I use has given me 100% success over the past couple years. There is so much marketing in this industry but the honest truth is you don't need much to clone. Probably even less than what I use. I take non-woody cuttings with at least 3 nodes. I cut the stem as close to 45 as possible. I cut the plant square to remove the cutting and then make another cut with a razor at 45 to adjust the height of the cutting (I keep them short, 3"-4" above soil line max. I dip each stem in a solution of water and EXTREMELY diluted bloom nutes (sometimes I pH, sometimes I don't). I then use a razor to gently scrape the outside of the stem, only what will go into my grow media. I then redip the clone in the solution and then dip it into rooting powder (the cheap stuff from any bigbox). I'm into soil now so my media of choice is just a 50/50 peat/perlite mix packed into nursery trays and soaked with that same solution. I used rockwool when I was in a hydro setup. I poke a hole about 3/4" deep and stick the clone in. If the leaves are exceptionally large I'll cut them in half so the cuttings aren't resting on each other. I mist it with the same solution and put it in a humidity dome. How much I open my vents depends entirely on how many clones I have going. From that point on I only spray the dome and use the solution to water the media when it starts to dry. If I have a high clone count then I just skip the dome and mist the plants as needed. Roots explode in anywhere from a few days to a week, with the occasional stragglers taking up to 2 weeks, dependent on strain. When I first started cloning in a dome I quickly learned that damping off is the biggest threat. You can usually recover from too dry conditions if caught in a reasonable amount of time. But damping off is sure failure. Keep humidity in check and err on the side of a little too low rather than too high when it comes to humidity in a dome as there is no airflow in there. Everyone has their own method that works and this is what works for me. Its simple, requires minimal investment (can probably be done even cheaper), and only requires my attention a few seconds once every day or two.