Air layering cloning method........ And grafting made simple...........

ITS FUN AND EASY........
Air Layering:

a cloning method that roots the cutting fully before its ever cut from the mother, allowing massive clones to be taken without any down time- they vegetate and root simultaniously. within 2 weeks you can take a cut thats a fully rooted, thick stalked, lushly vegetated, almost 12in. tall plant, stick it in dirt and grow it.
ITEMS NEEDED:
PLANT!
matchstick or toothpick
tape
razor blade
rooting hormone (Clonex)
tweezers
plastic wrap
scissors
pin
(1)Sterilize all tools before using them.
(2)Cut a branch that is at least 1/8 inch thick with at least two nodes.
(3)Select area from which roots will sprout. This area needs to be midway up the main stem, with enough room on each side of the cut to fasten the bag.
(4)Use the Razor Blade to make a 1-2" lengthwise incision along the stem. Cut all the way through the bark, to which the phloem is attached. Don't cut into the xylem, which is the layer under the bark.
(5) A ring of bark is removed from around the stem. The phloem and cambium are attached to the inside of the bark, so when the bark is removed the phloem is also removed. This leaves the central cylinder of xylem and upward water flow unaffected.


(6)Get clonex and apply it to the exposed xylem. For increased stability, you may tape a toothpick or matchstick parrallel to the stem.
(7)With thumb get some grow medium. (perlite, peatmoss, whatever) Pack the wound carefully with the soil.
(Attach plastic wrap below incision with tape. Tape the vertical seam where the ends meet. The effect of this should be a funnel shaped plastic wrap enclosure.
(9)Pack with grow medium. Be sure to leave enough "slack" at the top so that it may be taped to the stem above the incision.
(10)Fasten closed with tape.

(11)Use pin to create holes in around bag. This will allow soil to breath.
Use an eye dropper to keep the soil wet. Do this every day. After 2 weeks, your cutting will have roots and will be ready for propagation.

Root Grafting:
Same concept as the potato grafting, except you take an existing live plant (same type plant as clone prefably), & cut off the entire plant, leaving about 2" of main stalk remaining. Split rootstock (stem) through the middle about 1/2-1" deep useing a sharp blade. Then take your clone & make a 60 degree cut on both sides of the stem the same length as the rootstock split (creating a wedge shape). Then with something, pry open the rootstock & slide in the clone, making sure you get it flush to the rootstocks sides & bottom. Then just tie or tape the rootstock & clone together tightly enough to close the gaps as much as possible with out damaging the plants.

While nothing can guarantee 100 percent survivability, any one or a combination of these techniques will increase the chances of your rare and valuable clones developing the necessary root system to thrive.