Cloning w/o hormones?

[the image reaper]

I use the Rapid-Rooter plugs, and stick them directly into the soil when I see the roots appear ... :jointsmile:

[home.grower]

I've grown some Mazar... didn't like it much...

: I'm a Dirty Grrrrrl. All my rooted clones go into soil. My bubbler medium is a silica cat litter that I get from Wal-Mart for 1.97 a bag. It looks like wee tiny chips of glass. It's not a gel...I can't describe it. I put a link to it in my old growlog. It's chemically inert. It's basically just to hold my cuttings in place.

Dirty Grrrrrl eh? ...just my type )... got any pics? of your bubbler I mean.. when I do it I want to do it right.. Rooting time? Success? any thing?

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

Double posting to give link to webpage. This stuff is sold at Wally World under the brandname "Mimi" litter.
MAKALL GROUP-the largest manufacturer of silica gel series in Asia

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

I've grown some Mazar... didn't like it much...



Dirty Grrrrrl eh? ...just my type )... got any pics? of your bubbler I mean.. when I do it I want to do it right.. Rooting time? Success? any thing?

Why didn't you like the Mazar?

Here's the link to a bubbler pic.

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post1275614
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post1284658

These took about a month to root. After 3 weeks, I only had one rooted, but then I added a drop of SuperThrive to the water and SHAZAM! I had roots the next day. YMMV. Since then I've achieved roots in 5-7 days. I also use Wilt-Pruf.

[home.grower]

Why didn't you like the Mazar?

Here's the link to a bubbler pic.

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post1275614
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post1284658

These took about a month to root. After 3 weeks, I only had one rooted, but then I added a drop of SuperThrive to the water and SHAZAM! I had roots the next day. YMMV. Since then I've achieved roots in 5-7 days. I also use Wilt-Pruf.

Ooo Aaaah, was hopin for slightly more revealing pics that showed the bubbles too.. I've just escaped being a virgin cloner with a successful 6 in the propagator as I type... I don't think I have the mental capacity to imagine what's goin on in your bubbler chamber... besides some bubbles maybe?

Mazar was a little too flavorless with a moderately low high IMO... Of Mazar, Chronic and Sensi Star out of a previous harvest I liked the Star, Chronic and MZ in that order... It just didn't do it for me I'm afraid to say... I would grow it again however, as it produced quite well (quantity wise). Not to difficult for the beginner/easy for intermediates.

[smoke_and_fly]

i here honey works better than rooting powder
i was looking at a thread about 2 or 3 weeks ago and sum guy said that hes been growing for 20years and has been cloning for all that time and he said that honey is by far the best thing hes used
straight from the supermarket
peace

[gamedog]

simply get some tree compost from a dead tree,grind it up real good then stick cuttings in. after that water with 1/2 cup urine per gallon of water every 3to5 days. use cool white or daylight flourescents 3 inches away from cuttings and wait for about 10 to 15 days

[stinkyattic]

Gamedog, have you used this method successfully yourself? Can you do a photo run-through?

Essentially, RapidRooters are a more predictable and easily available source of composted tree material with the micorrhizae that you're after. The urine on the other hand... I'm skeptical... that dilution sounds way too salty and strong for plants. I'd like to see how well it actually works. Kinda like rapidrooters and superthrive... but hippiestyle?

[Storm Crow]

I'm afraid I do it "granny style"- I just stick the cuttings from the mom into a cup that I found a plastic lid for (burnt a few holes in the lid). No hormones- just H2O and sunshine or CFL light 24/7. Not 100% success, but I don't need 100%- I am in California and am limited on how much I can "legally" grow.

More often than not, I am using cloning for sexing seedlings. Here, I put the cuttings under 12/12, to force them to sex and allow me to find the males early. These don't root very fast, but most do root eventually. As soon as a female shows, she's removed from 12/12 and put back under 24/7 to reveg. I figure it's a free female plant to replace one of those dang males. They grow kinda funny for a while, but are growing normally before they are ready to go 12/12 again. - Granny:hippy:

[twoguysupnorth]

i havnt used cloning powder/gell either, but i bet it would help. the one thing that did help with the % that survived was changing the water every day or 2. instead of 50% i got 75% to root. i clone in a dome with plugs. i bet the clone solution would speed things up though because it takes from more than one week up to 2 weeks to root for me.