Side-By-Side Cloning: Gel vs Liquid, Cubes vs Pellets

hey man, great thread. i have been experamenting with clones too, i say experamenting because ive never done it and i have really limmited space, i have taken 6 clones in rockwool, 2 in jiffy pellets, and just yesterday i made a bubble cloner and threw 4 in it, today, only one isnt wilted and fallen over. its just my first atempt at all of them and i used olivias gel. out of the first 6, 3 showed at least some roots, and then died after a week in my system, the 2 i put in pellets i waited 2 weeks then took em apart, no roots, so i recut and tried again. the ones i put in the bubble cloner last night didnt make it one day... i thought bubble cloners were the best...?

i did too. check my thread. hashlover posted a lot of great info on the last two pages about how to make a diy $20 bubbler. are you monitoring ur temps? ive come to realize if theyre wilting within the first few days it probly because theyre either too small and weak or the temps are too high and they're cooking.

That pellet is giving me cotton mouth. Dry... bone dry.

don't worry, they were thoroughly soaked first. pulled that one out the bag afterwards to take a flik

Hey, SayWord That Mom sure looks good, nice indica look to it. You have a nice pic of it there. OK lets see what happens. GlassFreak, do you have a dome or cover over your cuttings? If not that could be your problem. Need to keep the humidity higher than normal. I need to take some cuttings soon myself. I would have by now but due to an electrical problem at my house I've had to put my attention there. At least that was what the wife wanted. You don't really need a light in the bathroom or kitchen do you?? And the fact that we could'nt use the microwave because it was on the circut that my lights were on now. And we had only one 15amp line for most of the house. Got it fixed today along with a new 20amp line that only goes to the closet where my babies live and another 20 to the room that has the closet. That's my veg and clone area. Now I can run all the lights I want with no problem. But anyway, I'm going to try to take some cuttings tomorrow night. I'll let you know how they do. Here's a pic of one of the cuttings I took on Dec. 27. Put it into flower on Jan, 13 to see if it is male or female. Still has not showed me yet. It was 4 1/2 in tall on 1-11, It has not been topped or pinched at all.

There was a post on here about a ghetto bubbler. Bunch of people were making fun of this guy. He took a rubbermaid bin and filled it with water. Went and bought a yoga mat from k mart. cut the mat to fit in the tub and then layed a pattern out for his clones. Took a drill bit and made a hole everywhere he choose to put a clone for the stem to fit, then cut a slice next to the hole so he could pull the clone out once roots had taken. Then he got a couple of fish type air pumps and some fish tank stones and put them in the water under the mat. Placing the stones so all 4 corners had great bubbling action. This guy claims 100% but I get about 95 lol. I just number each spot i made and write down what clone went in what number. then transplant to dirt. I still use gel and powder but dont know if you need to i do. I then put the clone in low light for a couple of days after i put in dirt and water. out of 30 clones i loose 2-3 but it took the guess work out of cloning for me. I make small clones, big clones it doesnt seem to matter. Right in the dirt. no fertalizers no trimming the leaves, no yellowing. Just my 2 cents there are way more pro ways to do it but i can knock out 30 clones in 7-10 days like this

Hey SayWord thanks for sharing the experiment, rightnow im doing my first cuttings but so far they havent rooted yet:S its been like two weeks! BTW im doing it in soil mix maybe thats why its taking forever? also i took about 4 more cuttings and just put them in cup of water and change the water everyday?! i was reading about it in another thread hopfully the ill root soon! i wish you luck bro, have fun......

landofzion, ya thats the kind hash lover uses and i will be making soon hopefully. so the dynamics of it are that the pumps make the water splash off the stones in there and the splash gets the plants wet? this is the last try before i go to that level.

pepe, ya, i did the clones in a cup thing too. out of all the ones i did, probly about 20 total, i got one successful rooted one. and it just barely got a little root and i put it in soil and it lived. i had them off to the side of veg and i also did them on my windowsill so they got dark