CLONES!!! Advice appreciated

growman89

Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. I have just recently purchased a dark room 100L and plan on running a 400w cool hood SCROG grow. I know a buddy that lives "SOMEWHERE" where there are lots of clones available but deffinetly too far to take a drive and get a couple. So, My questions is. :!:Is there any way to possibly send closes via Mail next day express:?: If so this would save hours and hours of driving. haha If anyone has ever saw someone do this or heard of this please help me out.
Thanksbongsmilie
 

james700

Active Member
Hi everyone. I have just recently purchased a dark room 100L and plan on running a 400w cool hood SCROG grow. I know a buddy that lives "SOMEWHERE" where there are lots of clones available but deffinetly too far to take a drive and get a couple. So, My questions is. :!:Is there any way to possibly send closes via Mail next day express:?: If so this would save hours and hours of driving. haha If anyone has ever saw someone do this or heard of this please help me out.
Thanksbongsmilie
I seen plastic molded cases for mailing clones but never tried them.
I just put the rooted clones in freezer bags with a little water in the bottom
and then have a nonsmoker blow it up like a ballon and ship it.
Seams to work fine:bigjoint:
 

scoregreen

Well-Known Member
i say take a drive; reconnect with an old friend, get some tips, and get some clones.

it'll attach you more to the project :)
 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
i dont take any credit for this and have never tried the method - so i cannot say if it works or not but here ya go.....
How can I package clones for shipping when customs will not be involved?


Contributed by: Bunzboy

A while back a fellow member here @ OG shipped me some cuts that arrived in perfect condition. I took special note to the way they were packaged & have since had two other members succesfully send & receive cuts the same way, so I thought I'd share the idea.

You will need:
1 - 20 oz. plastic bottle cut in half (you will use the end w/ the cap).
2 - Cloning solution (I use Olivia's).
3 - Rubbing alcohol (like a surgical operation , everything must be sterile).
4 - Toilet paper.
5 - Newspaper.
6 - Masking tape.
7 - Razor blade.
8 - Thin piece of cardboard.
9 - Plastic baggie.
10 - Most important - Donor plant (mother).

Re-cut your cuttings under water using a 45 degree angle cut. Soak a piece of toilet paper in the cloning solution & ring out until it's wet, but not dripping. Remove the cuttings from the water and place the cut ends together. Wrap the toilet paper around the cut ends of the cuttings.






Place the cuttings in the open end of the plastic bottle and push through until the toilet paper comes out the cap end of the bottle. Wrap the toilet paper in newspaper.








Take & cut the corner off a plastic baggie and wrap it around the newspaper to avoid the newspaper drying out while the cuts are in transit. Secure the baggie with a rubber band.



Proceed to wrap the entire cap end in masking tape securing it to the neck of the bottle.









Take a piece of masking tape and place completely around the open end of the bottle. It helps to secure the top if you cut the masking tape in about 4 or 5 places.









Lightly mist the cuttings & put the thin piece of cardboard on the open end of the bottle. Secure with the masking tape that is already in place on the bottle. You now have a container that will protect your babies. Place the entire bottle in a Ziploc baggie.







Wrap the entire bottle in bubble wrap, place in your shipping box, close & tape, label the package (of course w/ a fictitious name ), and it's off to your local post office. When your package is received, re-cut the cuttings & clone as normal. It took me 5 days to receive my cuts that were sent to me in this method & yet they still arrived in perfect condition. Hope this makes it a little easier for each of us to share each other's goodies.
 
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