whos got experience? what does it work with? im mostly interested in hot pepper cloning as i have 5 different mystery chile plants in pots outside now.

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with the right climate you could fashion some coke bottle greenhouses for the babies, I wouldnt see a problem with it. Its winter in australia atm but during spring/summer I can clone outside in a plastic dome. I bring my still rooting clones indoors overnight.

Cheers kwaka

thanks for the reply, but i meant garden stuff but ill do the cloning indoors. i have a shoebox cloner that works great for MJ and catnip.

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I've done it for different things - chillies are a bit harder than most because the stems are fairly woody and it's hard to get a decent cutting before they flower and set fruit.

This year I've done Cape Gooseberries, Mint, Blackberry and had a go with chillies but none of them rooted (could be because they were already setting fruit)

You can do it with pretty much anything but some clone better if you air layer. I'll post a link about that below.

Some things are pretty pointless cloning - tomatoes for example, as the seeds cost next to nothing and they're always F1 hybrids unless you pick heirlooms.

That being said, it's possible.

http://www.answers.com/topic/air-layering

Here's one with better pics-

http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/ga...r_layering.htm

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hope this helps. goodluck!

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i had already found that one but many thanks anyways.

it seems like the peppers are doable but may take longer than MJ due to the woodier stem. tomatoes arent worth the effort.

anybody know if green peppers are like hot peppers in the fact that they will grow for years if wintered properly?

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As in a bell pepper?

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Bell peppers, or any cultivar of Capsicum Annum, will overwinter fairly easily.

They're perennials, so they will fruit each year.

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cool, i knew hot peppers overwintered and i was pretty sure bells would be the same.

i took a tomato cutting 6 days ago for shits and giggles and it was hella rooted last night. i know its impractical but it was kinda fun i guess.

right now my chilies are flowering, should i try to clone now or wait untill they fruit or should i just wait till next spring?

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I'd advise just saving the seeds from a few chillies. But if you're determined to clone a chilli (which you seem to be :P) I'd take it now. Think of it as weed, you can take a cutting a few weeks into flower but once all growth is concentrated on the buds, it's much harder to root it. I think chillies will take longer to root as the stems are more stringy and woody than most other plants, and there's not a lot of flesh on the stems. As I said, I tried it with no luck. But good luck with your attempt.

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