I feel lacking... Question about cloning.

QUESTION, WHEN USING GEL ROOTING COMPOUND, SUCH AS "OLIVIAS", DO I GLOB IT ON AND MAKE SURE THERES A GLOB ON THE STEM WHEN I STICK IT IN THE PLUG. OR DO I JUST POKE IT IN THE GEL, AND JUST STICK IT IN, JUST A THIN COATING??? I HAVE ONLY HAD 3 CLONES ROOT SO FAR, OUT OF 15. NOT SURE WHAT I DID TO MAKE EM WORK. THNX

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Originally Posted by BOYZNUS

QUESTION, WHEN USING GEL ROOTING COMPOUND, SUCH AS "OLIVIAS", DO I GLOB IT ON AND MAKE SURE THERES A GLOB ON THE STEM WHEN I STICK IT IN THE PLUG. OR DO I JUST POKE IT IN THE GEL, AND JUST STICK IT IN, JUST A THIN COATING??? I HAVE ONLY HAD 3 CLONES ROOT SO FAR, OUT OF 15. NOT SURE WHAT I DID TO MAKE EM WORK. THNX

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Simply let the end of the stem sit in the rooting gel (I use Clonex) for fifteen seconds and then slip into the rockwool cube or the plug, don't wipe it off. I use a spoon that way I can put the clone on the handle and let just the bottom part of the stem sit in the gel. Been cloning about 20 years average rate of 97-98%. Are you using a propigator tray, heating your medium, and watching the nutes, the ph and the light?

when to you take the cuttings any one?.we only want females.but do you take the cuttings when they are in the vege state, if so they wouldnt of sexed yet. the only thing i can think of os to put them on flower light cycle till they sex kill males, then back to vege before you take the cuttings, or can you cut them when they are flowering