**Need education regarding cloning please**

Hi Guys/Gals

As the title says, I need a primer on taking and rooting of clones, from the beginning please

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/1326-101-already-asked-questions.html

7 and 10

get yourself a red party cup with some holes poked in it, get the clear plastic cheapo cups in the same isle right next to the red cups. fill the red cup with some pro mix leaving a half inch head space, moisten it and make a hole in the center down to about an inch from the bottom with something like a wooden skewer from the kitchen. Fill clear cup half way up with water, grab your plant and a razor blade, cut a lower branch that is about 6 inches long with like 3 nodes at a 45 degree angle, toss it in the cup of water and take it to your working area where you have some cheap Shultz rooting powder take the clone out of the water cut it again just a little off the end and any nodes on the first 4 inches of the cutting. scrape the stem where cut a little by dragging the blade over it lightly(optional) dip in water, dip in powder, real importatnt to tap it on the edge of the jar to get rid of any eccess powder then push it into the whole you made in the promix. put the clear cup on upside down over the plant on the red cup as a dome, cut any leaves in half that might touch the sides of the clear cup, put it in the dark for 12hr then under a 26w cfl 24/0 in a 78-82 degree cabinet. it should make its own condensation in the clear cup. pop it off and for a min every day for 2 weeks and it should start growing again. once you notice growth leave the dome off and transplant in a few weeks to your veg pot.

Thank you again for your time and effort in answering, also managed to ask the right question to the search function- "Cloning Questions"

Nice write up Tussel... I do the same thing with the exception of using the clear cups for the soil also. When I see roots it is time to up pot! Also I use my fiskars to make 4 cuts to the bottom edge of the cup for drainage.

Look it up on youtube. There is a ton of stuff. Much easier watching then reading when it comes to taking clones.

scalpel, rockwool cubes, cloning powder, humidity dome, 2 x 23 cfls. Works for me, cut your clones off at a 45 degree angel, use the scapel to make little nicks in the side of the stem to make more root sites, dip in powder or gel, stick in wet rockwool cube then trim down the leaves with scissors. Finnaly stick em int eh humidity dome, turn on the light and wait 7-14 days. Mist the sides of the dome with a spray bottle and mist the clones at least once daily. Cloning is surprisingly easy to do

I tried to clone and failed, but next time i will.use gel or powder. I have seen that home depot and lowes carry rooting powders one has mg rooting powder and the other some other brand. Has anyone used any of these from hone depot or lowes? I have been checking into clonex recently as well.

Twizzlor said:

I tried to clone and failed, but next time i will.use gel or powder. I have seen that home depot and lowes carry rooting powders one has mg rooting powder and the other some other brand. Has anyone used any of these from hone depot or lowes? I have been checking into clonex recently as well.

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I use Shultz rotting powder from welfare mart....lol Walmart, my phone auto corrected it to welfare

This is how I do it… Others do it different…
However…when you find a way that gives you 100% Use it…


My Cloning Technique:



First Wash my hands with rubbing alcohol…

I then select a great little branch, between 2” and 6” [long], with at least two nodes to go under medium…

My Medium is: 50% MG Seedling Soil/20% Vermiculite/30% Perilite…Percentage may vary…

Cups-Dixie or equal I like the 12-16 oz kind, holes in bottom…

I cut branch off with a very sharp razor blade or equal…

I re-trim cut to a 45 degree just below the node to be under medium…between the two nodes to go under medium, I pull off growth, and shred it carefully…from one node to another…

If you use snips of any kind you may experience clone loss [scissors or snips will crush the part to be cloned, so you must use razor to cut off]…If you loose one-two out of ten, and you use snips, that is why… Spring/Summer/Fall I loose zero %, even with one node under, and trying to clone an ugly stick, it still roots… This technique is idiot proof, cause at times… am an idiot…

I remove any extra leaves, and trim remaining leaves to fit the inside of my clear Dixie [party] cup top…

I take my medium, and use a fine spray bottle with water and Super Thrive and mist my medium [mist medium, not clone]…My medium stays moist for the first week…

I then take a wood skewer and make a hole in middle of my medium for clone cut, hole is just slightly larger than clone shaft…

I then mist/spray the soil mix a few times again…

My cuttings have been ‘soaking’ in a mixture of Water and Super thrive [Super Thrive has been proven to add to rapid root growth…and that’s about all]

I now take cutting and Dip it in my [active ingredient] Indole-3-Butyric Acid powder, covering up to where I plan on putting it under soil…[dry rooting powder]
he hole in soil is just larger than the cuttings to be put in soil…

The clone is then inserted into hole, and medium/soil is compressed against the inserted branch…and I continue to compress the medium around inside of Dixie cup as to not let there be any air bubbles between soil and Clone powder/clone gel…

Sometimes I do 3 or 4 at a time, I’ve done up to ten clones at a time…

The clone in soil is now watered again, with the water super thrive mix they were soaking in before insertion…


I now take a clear 10 oz plastic ‘party’ cup and notch bottom [you do not want air tight] and use it as a clear lid on top of my clone cup…

I now put them on my clone rack two inches from under Aquarium grow lights, with some 22 watt CFL’s 4-6” in front of them…

Day one- Mist soil 1-2 more times, some times clone droops, I use skewers and tooth picks to prop up…if it happens

Day two through seven- Mist two to three times the soil only, not the plant!


Clear dome stays on for one week/seven days only off for spraying soil…

Day Eight- they are put under brighter/higher wattage CFL’s and watered/mist soil daily [twice if dry] with a nice water soluble fert at 25% strength…


Days 8-14 Water as needed…



Day 14-20 ready for trans plant…


Good Luck, like I said, fool and idiot proof... cause well, at times I am....

Oh yea… cheap also…Ha!

tusseltussel said:

I use Shultz rotting powder from welfare mart....lol Walmart, my phone auto corrected it to welfare

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your phone may have just coined the best-ever slang name for Walmart......at least i know what I'm going to call it now

you could just put the cutting in water... change the water now and then and it will root eventually micht be a while though

tusseltussel said:

I use Shultz rotting powder from welfare mart....lol Walmart, my phone auto corrected it to welfare

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Yeah it auto corrected to what the real name is, lol

tusseltussel said:

I use Shultz rotting powder from welfare mart....lol Walmart, my phone auto corrected it to welfare

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Does it have good results tussel? And awesome on the name for walmart. Its about 90% true lol.

Twizzlor said:

Does it have good results tussel? And awesome on the name for walmart. Its about 90% true lol.

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Been using it for a long time. I don't lose clones, may throw away the extras but never lose em

tusseltussel said:

Been using it for a long time. I don't lose clones, may throw away the extras but never lose em

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Thanks, Alright im going to take your word on it Next grow I do or when I let my testing plant go back into reveg Im going to try to mess around with cloning.

Twizzlor said:

Thanks, Alright im going to take your word on it Next grow I do or when I let my testing plant go back into reveg Im going to try to mess around with cloning.

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I could only have a 50% success rate idk I just pick the ones that root first and throw away the extras...... Always take extras...

Good point, better to have to many then not enough.

I have heard cloning sativas is more difficult than indicas

what is a typical differance in sucess rates ??

Can someone do something different to sativas to help ??

everything should be able to be cloned just do it. ive heard of blueberry causing problems but i have never heard of a plant not be able to be cloned except like autoflowers which is pointless. the best way to get experience cloning is just to keep working at it you will slowly get better and better. also you will need alot of patience almost more patience than waiting for a plant to ripen up.