In addition to all this we also took some clones since we didn't want to be left without any clones of the grandaddy purple cause after all, we paid good money for it at the cannabis clinic. Since we are switching to flowering this was one of our last days to take clones and the donors are good and healthy so why not? We took two clones from each strain including the mothers in our mother chamber making 6 total. It's a shame, but we will probably be killing off our mothers that are in soil in order to make room for the clones we just took. And naturally, we will wait until the clones have rooted before killing them off. The strains are: goo, grandaddy purple, and rhino. It will be truly heartbreaking to kill our current mother plants but we believe it is for the better, and after all thats what they are there for. We got some smaller pots so that the plants only get big enough to take 1 or 2 clones from max. This will also enable us to have all 6 in the mother chamber at the same time without space issues.

For those that are new to cloning the process is simple and I have taken some pictures to illustrate. We went with rockwool due to its ability to retain water for days at a time before being soaked again and also because when properly cleaned from the start, rockwool offers nice soft medium for newly established roots to probe through.

First, we took all 6 rockwool cubes and put them in a pot of tap water over the stove. Some people believe only distilled or reverse osmosis water is the way to go with with clones, which is probably a good idea but we have never had any problems with tap water. You want to bring the water to a good boil for at least 10 minutes to make sure you get out all the particles out. We like to boil for this length also because it makes the rockwool nice and pliable so that the roots have an easier time and at the same time it kills any bacteria that might be pre existing in the rockwool. Be sure to let the cubes dry naturally for at least a good idea before cutting any clones.

Next, we chose sites on all donor plants that had nice small growth with few leaves since they have an easier time getting root generation under way. This is because clones with less leaves and shorter stems don't have to pull water and nutrients as far up the cutting or to as many areas. We used a clean razor blade of course, and scarified the very bottom of the stem. In other words; lightly scraped the razor along the stem all the way around. Once scarified you dip the stem in a rooting hormone; which usually comes in a powder or gel form. We use earth juice gel rooting hormone which is actually rather expensive at $10 for 1.5 fl oz, but it will last you forever.

Once dipped, simply place in the rockwool cube and place in a humid warm environment under low intensity fluorescent light and you're golden!
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