First off, I started with some peat pellets.
Second, I soak peat pellets in a bowl of shallow water for a few minutes.
While I waited for the peat pellets to expand, I decided to take a look at my two male candidates... Little Red Caboose (left) and B6 (right)
I decided on B6. He is the most potent male plant I have ever smelled.
I got out a knife/dagger, and checked back on my peat pots...
I busted out my rooting hormone and poured a little bit out onto the lid. **Be careful not to inhale or get much skin contact, it's very toxic!**
Deciding the dagger/knife is too blunt, I busted out my scissors and got ready to make my first ever cut...
And I cut it. Here is the plant, post-cutting:
Here is the cutting:
I dipped the cutting in a clear cup of water, and then in the rooting hormone powder, and finally pressed the stem gently into the most, water-soaked peat pot. Note: I used both hands and could not take a picture of me dipping it in the powder...
I went back to the B6 'father' plant and took another cutting. Shown are two pictures of the 2nd cutting:
Here is the father plant after two cuttings:
Here is a good picture of me dipping the cutting into cloning powder:
I took a third cutting, but this time I took my knife/dagger and stripped the bottom a little bit to expose more raw tissue (shown on right):
Now I took the cuttings and placed each one in a separate clear, plastic, 9 ounce wine party cup. This will look great once the roots start to form.
Finally, I got a peace of tape and taped an identical clear, plastic cup to the top of each one, using the tap as a hinge.
All done!
Feel free to +rep me if this helped you with anything!
P.S. This grow journal DIY guide post took me longer than the actual cloning did.