firt time cloning..am i doin it right??

i have a 2 months old plat that i tok a cut from it and all i did was cutting it 45 dgree and placing it in a cup of water..i didnt use anything for the rootsi just spray water more thn 5 times a day ,8 days passed still no sign....

and today i tok 2 more but this time i used root pwder and i placed them in soil and covered them with a plastc bag with hols in it

i'm keepin thm in a small box with 1 23w cfl.....so am i doin it right here??

that's the general idea. are there roots on the one in water yet?

you might try a bit less water when you spray. the leaves shouldn't be so soaked that they're sticking to the side of the cup like in the third picture.

thanx alot for the info about the spryin.coz i was woundring my self about that issue..

and no still no roots but there a bump like the end of the stem is thicker kinda rounded shape..
and should i worry about mold??..should i take off the bags and just keep them moist??

well, you might take it off for a minute to let them dry a bit, but it's good to have the high humidity, as long as they're getting fresh air. if it stays that wet without spraying, they're not getting enough circulation. the fact that they're relatively perky still is a good sign. keep it up.

did you slice the bottom of the stem vertically in two when you cut it? that helps, but isn't necessary.

no but i scraped the stem removing the outer layer of the stem(scarified) b4 dippin it in rooting powder...

I think you should cut off the biggest leaf set on each plant. I had a cutting that was just a lil bigger than those, and after 7 days, no roots formed, so I cut off all the big leaves and afew days later the roots started to form.

I'd use damp soil and not water, covering the root area causes them to root faster I think, the soil encourages the roots to grow faster, since they arent constantly soaked and have to grow to find more. But I am a noob so dunno.

Pic of my last clone, was like twice that size with all the leaves before I trimmed them, only been rooted for about 3 days, but pretty strong. Ignore mold on jiffy cup, just from when it was in a damp area from too long, its all dead now

i heard some ppl cut the leafs in half..and some dont .....should i cut the leafs?

It helps f you cut like 1/202/3rds of the fingers off the leaf. Think it lowers the water requirement of the leaf while still supplying the plant with energy. I just take the whole leaf off, but thats just me.

it's really about total leaf area, since as Kamin pointed out, the plant just has a hard time keeping up with the transpiration of the water out of the leaves, as it has a small root system. I would rather pull off a lower set of leaves than cut the upper ones in half personally, as the lower leaves will die off anyway, while you will retain the upper ones while the plant develops new growth.

it is generally good practice to trim off lower leaf sets for this reason. I don't really think survival is that sensitive to trimming upper leaves - at least that has not been my experience. if i leave a lot of big ones on there, I'll trim them, but I won't worry about it. Just be careful to not overtrim. photosynthesis is how the plant makes its food.

Can also try using a rooting hormong, heres a good DIY one from the growfaq. GROWFAQ

xKaminAx said:

Can also try using a rooting hormong, heres a good DIY one from the growfaq. GROWFAQ

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he used powder.

that willow branch concoction really work

yeah i think i'lll cut the lower leafs down