Let the cloning begin

Finished tally,... 5 of 6 rooted in under 2 weeks. One got potted the other 5 got tossed :(

The one that hadn't rooted was in the AN plug, :wtf: I peeled the plug open and there were some knobs, but no actual root growth after 2 weeks. The other AN plug had a SINGLE root sticking out of the bottom of the stem, nothing growing off of the sides.

Looks like the "Lick and stick" of those plugs is a pile of BS. Perhaps if used in conjunction with their "Juicy Roots" rooting hormone it'll be better. I found that to be about as good as clonex (when used in my normal fashion) in another blind test several months ago. (I love freebies! :D )

As for the "MX Clone" Gel, it worked better than the AN plugs alone, but I won't be using it again as the root structure took half a week longer to form than the Clonex, and it was MUCH weaker.



Sorry, the wife hid the camera from me while the last half of this was going down, so no pics! :mad:

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Originally Posted by canniwhatsis

Finished tally,... 5 of 6 rooted in under 2 weeks. One got potted the other 5 got tossed :(

The one that hadn't rooted was in the AN plug, :wtf: I peeled the plug open and there were some knobs, but no actual root growth after 2 weeks. The other AN plug had a SINGLE root sticking out of the bottom of the stem, nothing growing off of the sides.

Looks like the "Lick and stick" of those plugs is a pile of BS. Perhaps if used in conjunction with their "Juicy Roots" rooting hormone it'll be better. I found that to be about as good as clonex (when used in my normal fashion) in another blind test several months ago. (I love freebies! :D )

As for the "MX Clone" Gel, it worked better than the AN plugs alone, but I won't be using it again as the root structure took half a week longer to form than the Clonex, and it was MUCH weaker.



Sorry, the wife hid the camera from me while the last half of this was going down, so no pics! :mad:

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Ive read and re-read through several cloning methods and I still like yours the best. I see you use CloneX rooting gel and a humidity dome, but I notice you mention "rapid rooters" I have heard this term used several times but still havent been able to find out what exactly it is or where to buy them. Are they like rockwool cubes? Sorry if these questions seem petty but I am still new to this game and you seem to be very educated in what you do with your ladies. My goal is to replicate your method to the best of my ability so a materials list would be awesome if you have the time.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by socaltay12

Ive read and re-read through several cloning methods and I still like yours the best. I see you use CloneX rooting gel and a humidity dome, but I notice you mention "rapid rooters" I have heard this term used several times but still havent been able to find out what exactly it is or where to buy them. Are they like rockwool cubes? Sorry if these questions seem petty but I am still new to this game and you seem to be very educated in what you do with your ladies. My goal is to replicate your method to the best of my ability so a materials list would be awesome if you have the time.:thumbsup:

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Sorry,.... I replied, even with pics on a second subject pertaining to this thread,..... about 4 posts are gone in this thread alone....... I'd like some explanation for that before I reiterate what I've posted and lost.:wtf:

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Originally Posted by canniwhatsis

Sorry,.... I replied, even with pics on a second subject pertaining to this thread,..... about 4 posts are gone in this thread alone....... I'd like some explanation for that before I reiterate what I've posted and lost.:wtf:

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my post about my new bubble cloner disappeared too... hmmm.

Here is what happened though. All 3 of the very hard to clone white widows got roots... this one took off and went crazy with it first.

Emmie

One of my buddy's finally gave up on his bubble cloner,.... he was having about 75% success, but when it'd fail, it'd fail bigtime!


I'm gonna be cutting some more clones this week since my last round of seeds failed. (new heat mat cooked em! :mad: )


I guess I'll re- up on the last bit of info I posted in here.


"Can I cut clones from a plant in flower?" ;) :rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by canniwhatsis

One of my buddy's finally gave up on his bubble cloner,.... he was having about 75% success, but when it'd fail, it'd fail bigtime!


I'm gonna be cutting some more clones this week since my last round of seeds failed. (new heat mat cooked em! :mad: )


I guess I'll re- up on the last bit of info I posted in here.


"Can I cut clones from a plant in flower?" ;) :rastasmoke:

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Well I love my bubble cloner. I have killed one clone so far, but that was more my fault as to how I prepared the stem. I have 3 viable clones now in soil from the cloner and 2 more started. Each of these were well into flower when snipped. It just seems to take a bit while the clones sit there and say WTF for a week or so adjusting to the light, and then they take off and start shooting out roots. Each of these successes were my white widow too... a notoriously hard one to clone according to some and as my 5 previous failed attempts without the bubble cloner attest to, not at all easy for a newbie to figure out.

Cant wait to see your input on cloning from flower. For me after 5 failed attempts in veg, it was necessary in order to insure the safety of this line to try it this late in the present grow. It seems from what I have seen, that it can be an option, and if done sparingly, does little to stress the flowering mother plant.

Emmie

Cloning a flowering plant. Yes it can be done! I would recommend doing it fairly early in flowering, that's what I've done here.

As some of you know I grow SCROG, and around the second week of flowering I will kull out the smaller undergrowth that won't make it to the screen, On my recent blueberry many of those shoots were just too tempting to clone for just an experiment like this! :rastasmoke:
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First off, I Skewered the Rappid rooter plug since the manufacture hole is WAY too big.
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Then I select a good size cutting, and do a second cut at 45* after scrapping the stem lightly with a razor.
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This time around I used a cap off of a permanent marker that has been rinsed to hold a small amount of Clonex and dipped the stem for 10 seconds.
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I took 2 clones from the undergrowth of my 2 week flowering plant. And 2 as a baseline off of my mother.
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The cutting took place on 2-26, and all 4 had rooted and were ready to pot on 3-13, 2 were destroyed, leaving me one that was taken from the flowering plant, and one normal clone.
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While the clone cut from the flowering plant rooted and is healthy and happy, it is throwing some re-vege fits growing single and double leaflet leaves and stretching like mad.
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The baseline clone is pluggin along like normal! :pimp:
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Now can someone tell me why in the past we had all kinds of cloning machines etc. posted here?. No need for all that!.

Cut, dip(optional), plant in soil...that's all there is to it~!.

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Originally Posted by emilya

Well I love my bubble cloner. I have killed one clone so far, but that was more my fault as to how I prepared the stem. I have 3 viable clones now in soil from the cloner and 2 more started. Each of these were well into flower when snipped. It just seems to take a bit while the clones sit there and say WTF for a week or so adjusting to the light, and then they take off and start shooting out roots. Each of these successes were my white widow too... a notoriously hard one to clone according to some and as my 5 previous failed attempts without the bubble cloner attest to, not at all easy for a newbie to figure out.

Cant wait to see your input on cloning from flower. For me after 5 failed attempts in veg, it was necessary in order to insure the safety of this line to try it this late in the present grow. It seems from what I have seen, that it can be an option, and if done sparingly, does little to stress the flowering mother plant.

Emmie

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Most don't have a "bubble cloner". That is simply a device to speed up cuttings(and a waste of time and resources). I just cloned from flowering plant(albeit one I'm reverting back to vegetative state).

I'm surprised you are having problems, cut, dip exposed stalk in honey, and plant.

Maybe I'm just a lucky guy, but I have 24 hour old cuttings happy as good be under a dome environment to retain moisture.