Let the cloning begin

Nice! :rastasmoke:

Well the kids got their own light, but I think I'm gonna need to get the 4 lamp. I'll use this one for a week and see how things go!!! :D

The set up in their new home. I guess the light will do for now since they really powered on!!! :D They will graduate to a larger pots in the next few days, and they will still all fit in the tupperware tub. :cool:

They be lovin' it under their own light. :D Starting to harden nicely, and they will be some nice ladies fer sure!! :cool:

second set lookin' good!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D You can do it Emmie, its no sweat!!! :thumbsup:

Lookin good! :pimp:


I just picked up some samples from the hydro store,.... Advanced Nutrients has some rooter plugs that are supposed to be "Plug and play" No gel or additive needed? :wtf:

So I'm gonna cut some clones tonight and do it the same way I've been working it with 99% success, and I'll try some side by side with the AN plugs. :hippy:


I was gonna start a new thread,.... but if it's ok with you I could post my results here just as easy and save server space on the site.



Wish me luck! :rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by canniwhatsis

Lookin good! :pimp:


I just picked up some samples from the hydro store,.... Advanced Nutrients has some rooter plugs that are supposed to be "Plug and play" No gel or additive needed? :wtf:

So I'm gonna cut some clones tonight and do it the same way I've been working it with 99% success, and I'll try some side by side with the AN plugs. :hippy:


I was gonna start a new thread,.... but if it's ok with you I could post my results here just as easy and save server space on the site.



Wish me luck! :rastasmoke:

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I have no problem sharing the thread. Its good for comparison, not competition. :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by gypski

I have no problem sharing the thread. Its good for comparison, not competition. :thumbsup:

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Cool man.


I didn't take pics while I was cutting from my motherplant,.... but I used my normal method of...

Cut with pruning scissors and place in PH'd water until ready for the rest of the job.
Trim fans and scrape stem lightly with edge of razor.
Lay in puddle of clonex to do 2nd cut at 45* angle.
Skewer a 2nd hole in the rappid rooter plug since the factory hole is too big.
Stuff cutting in skewer hole.
Place in humidity dome under 24-0 T-5 lighting on a heat mat


I did a total of 6 cuttings, 2 of which were done exactly like that, 2 were done using "MX Cloning Solution" from Hydroponix,.... some upstart nute company that dropped some samples off with the hydro store,... it was free, I'll try it in a blind test. If it sucks wind I'll let the store know and not use it again ;) And the last 2 were stuffed without any cloning gel into some Advanced Nutrients rooting plugs. Again these were freebies from the local store, supposed to be bomb,.... I'll find out I guess!

I don't have a pic under the lights ATM.

All plants are showing signs of improvement already and at this point in the game I expect to loose none of them.... so it's a race to rooted to see which compound or cube is best! :rasta:



Worst part of this experiment is I can only afford to keep 2 of them once they are rooted,.... So 4 will have to be destroyed when this is said and done. :(

All 6 were doing well until today when my furry shitheaded helper decided that the humidity dome needed to be open! :mad:

I came home tonight to several VERRY dry clones and one that looks like it wont make it! :(

After scolding the cat, (while he looked at me like "WTF?" ) and watering the dome/ plugs, the clones are looking better, cept for the one :(


I've got roots on one of the "Clonex" plugs, nothing on any of the others, and the F'd plant is one of the "MX" girls.


So far IMHO as pertains to this little test, the Clonex in rapid rooters is winning over the MX gel and the Advance Nutrients plugs.



Pic 1: All the girls
Pic 2: The likely dead one :(
Pic 3: ROOTS!!!!!!









































Pic 4: P.S. A buddy of mine asked for a White Widow Clone so a day after I took all the blueberry clones, so I took one. TOTALLY half assed this, NO 2nd cut, scraped the stem with the uncleaned edge of my pruning shears, dipped in some clonex and stuffed into a plug. I figured there was no way in HELL this was gonna make it!!!!!! :o














































Ohhh yeah! :stoned: ......... Pics! :rastasmoke:

The wilted clone has come back to life. Still no roots showing on it, but the other 3 clones in the rapid rooters are showing some roots now.

Still nothing on the Advanced Nutrients plugs? :wtf: They aren't dead yet, so I still think it'll work.

As of tonight the 2 clones that used Clonex are ready to pot. So it looks like the other 4 will be the ones that get axed out of my garden. :( And I can only keep 1 of the 2 that are ready to pot, which makes this even harder! :sadcrying

Bummer, I was actually fairly hopeful about the AN plugs, I guess I'll hang on to them long enough to get roots and see just how long it takes.