my first clone journal

hi ive cloned b4.3 times. my succsess is about 80% but the cuttings i take, seem to take 2 to 3 weeks, say i did 6 clones, 2 would root in 10/11 days and the rest upto 3 weeks. is this normal?. thats quite slow compared to a seed. but ive got a femaleplant too.
im going to take some cuttings today and do 5 or 6 clones hopfully. i want a proper mother but i havent got one ready yet. so the girls ive got for now will have to do.
thanks.
along this grow j. if anyone sees me doing anything wrong, cud they help to put me on the rite track. ive got all the rite gear to start off with, but im not growing as well as id hoped. roll on next grows . i trying to start and harvest 3 every 3 weeks. hopfully. i wont give up. ill try try until i get it rite. every grow im learning from my past mistakes, and getting a lot of help from you guys.

the cuttings above in the pics. are the best i cud get for now. im putting the mothers into 12/12 today. sog style grow. the phone is for size comp.




the cutting are going into peat blocks and will be put in the propagation try with lid and i will spray when needed. so there not too wet...
whats the bare min watt of flos id need for like a shoe box prop. tray?
like i say i want to do it all rite this time.
any help , much app.

do the clones look a bit on the small side? will they be big anuf??? to clone. type euphoria age of plant i took clones from is 5 week from seed. also the propagater in the pic does that look ok, to start clones???

I talked with commercial growers about cloning Chrysanthemums, because I can't talk to anyone about cloning cannabis. So anyway this is what I learned:

Pros like to clone in rock-wool cubes or peat cubes for convenance. But they have to water with added nuteints. Also, they use rooting hormone like Rootone. They clone many starts and have some losses. I prefer to clone in in a potting soil and vermiculite mix. I only use ph adjusted water for a couple weeks. Then slowly add a little nutrient in the water. Also, the more light, the better. My method is slower, but works pretty well for an amateur.

One big difference is this. Cannabis is a hollow reed plant. The center green stalk has to be stuffed with rooting hormone to prevent air from entering the plant wound.

Look in gardening books on starting mums and begonias. It's about the same as cannabis plants.

is boiled water cooled down as good as ph adjusted water. mite sound like a daft question but im just asking?...

Boiled water is just free of germs. It is not hard or soft or ph adjusted.

I believe the ph would still be the same it would just be distilled water because you boiled it. You'd be better of just getting some ph adjuster.

hah didnt see the post above mine... but i agree

Depending how long you boil it the pH may change as well as the EC since you're evaporating some of the water in the boiling process. Whatever is in the water will become more concentrated.

its soft water were i live in england yorkshire.

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today 1oth the clones have been in nearly 1day. they look fine

day two and the clones look fine.





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