preferred cloning methods, a poll
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deerslayer
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How about coco, anyone else use this for cloning.
Heres my method:
Need these items, all reusable
Plastic tray (the kind that you can store a sandwich in or the larger ones)
coco coir (which ever brand you prefer)
pH'd water (6.0)
razor blade
rooting harmone (which ever one you like)
Oh and the one main thing you need
A MOTHER PLANT
First thing is to rinse the coco coir with the pH'd water. If you are using it for the second or third or fourth round rinse well and make sure there are no little roots left in the coco. Now squeeze all the water out of a handful of the coco. Put the now damp coco in the tray until it is around 3/4 full.
Next thing to do is cut your clone so that there is at least 4 nodes not counting the top forming node. This will also depend on how close your nodes are, either way you need at least a 8" clone to get a good plant if you are not going to veg it. Clean off all the nodes except the top two, and at the lowest node, the one closest to the bottom, cut across the node at a 45 degree angle. Now use the back of the razor blade to scrach the surface of the clone about 1/2" up from the cut, and dip it in you favorite rooting harmone. Stick the clone in the coco filled tray and pack the coco down around it. You can pack the coco as tight as you want because once you water the coco it will loosen up some.
The reason for using a clear tray is because in about 5-14 days you will be able to lift the tray up and see roots on the bottom.
To transplant flood the small tray with water and allow the coco to loosen up a bit. Use your fingers or something dull to poke around in the coco to help loosen it if need be. When the coco loosens up the clones will lay over.
I know some people get all worried about breaking a root but so far in my time of doing it I have broken a few and never had a problem. There is normally enough roots in 14 days that if one were to break there is plenty more to take care of the clone.
You can tell when it needs water by two ways, one the top of the coco will start to get dry and the clones will start to wilt a bit. Need not worry add water and within less than 1 hour they will perk back up.
I normally have my coco super wet to start with and don't have to water for at least 3 days, and then I add enough so that I only water every other day. I never use a humidity dome or heating pad. Just two compact floro's, keep enough heat in the box and enough light for the clones to root.
I also don't transplant clones until day 14 no matter how many roots are showing up on the bottom of the tray.
I cannot say I get 100% but I also don't take 5-10 clones either. I will normally loose one or two for about a 0.3-0.6% loss rate. However the clones that get transplanted have roots that are 6+" long and are thick.
DS
Heres my method:
Need these items, all reusable
Plastic tray (the kind that you can store a sandwich in or the larger ones)
coco coir (which ever brand you prefer)
pH'd water (6.0)
razor blade
rooting harmone (which ever one you like)
Oh and the one main thing you need
A MOTHER PLANT
First thing is to rinse the coco coir with the pH'd water. If you are using it for the second or third or fourth round rinse well and make sure there are no little roots left in the coco. Now squeeze all the water out of a handful of the coco. Put the now damp coco in the tray until it is around 3/4 full.
Next thing to do is cut your clone so that there is at least 4 nodes not counting the top forming node. This will also depend on how close your nodes are, either way you need at least a 8" clone to get a good plant if you are not going to veg it. Clean off all the nodes except the top two, and at the lowest node, the one closest to the bottom, cut across the node at a 45 degree angle. Now use the back of the razor blade to scrach the surface of the clone about 1/2" up from the cut, and dip it in you favorite rooting harmone. Stick the clone in the coco filled tray and pack the coco down around it. You can pack the coco as tight as you want because once you water the coco it will loosen up some.
The reason for using a clear tray is because in about 5-14 days you will be able to lift the tray up and see roots on the bottom.
To transplant flood the small tray with water and allow the coco to loosen up a bit. Use your fingers or something dull to poke around in the coco to help loosen it if need be. When the coco loosens up the clones will lay over.
I know some people get all worried about breaking a root but so far in my time of doing it I have broken a few and never had a problem. There is normally enough roots in 14 days that if one were to break there is plenty more to take care of the clone.
You can tell when it needs water by two ways, one the top of the coco will start to get dry and the clones will start to wilt a bit. Need not worry add water and within less than 1 hour they will perk back up.
I normally have my coco super wet to start with and don't have to water for at least 3 days, and then I add enough so that I only water every other day. I never use a humidity dome or heating pad. Just two compact floro's, keep enough heat in the box and enough light for the clones to root.
I also don't transplant clones until day 14 no matter how many roots are showing up on the bottom of the tray.
I cannot say I get 100% but I also don't take 5-10 clones either. I will normally loose one or two for about a 0.3-0.6% loss rate. However the clones that get transplanted have roots that are 6+" long and are thick.
DS
purple voodoo#5
Member
build your own cloner. you know like the e z clone. you can build a cloner for next to nothing and have 100% success every time.
vapedg13
New Member
In my 20 yrs of growing have yet to see anyone grow a MJ plant from just a piece of let over rootThanks dude, but I think I have the standard method down. I was asking about the root cloning.
...good luckQuickest way to get roots Rapid rooters...roots in 4 -10 days depending on strain
lowerarchy
Active Member
How many attempts at root cloning have you seen?In my 20 yrs of growing have yet to see anyone grow a MJ plant from just a piece of let over root
Read the thread and your answer is in there.Will no one answer my question?
I'm going to try one last time.
I have a plant 6 weeks into flowering in soil. I really regret not having cloned it during veg, and that's why I find the subject of root cloning very interesting.
But like I mentioned before, English aint my mother language although I like to believe I can read and write it decently, I find the explainations of the root cloning
very complicated. So that's why I'm asking:
Can I take a root clone from a plant 6 weeks into flowering in soil?
And if so, could someone explain how exactly, in rather simple words?
If someone could answer, it would mean the world to me. The revolution is international!
One love from the outskirts of the world!
I have a plant 6 weeks into flowering in soil. I really regret not having cloned it during veg, and that's why I find the subject of root cloning very interesting.
But like I mentioned before, English aint my mother language although I like to believe I can read and write it decently, I find the explainations of the root cloning
very complicated. So that's why I'm asking:
Can I take a root clone from a plant 6 weeks into flowering in soil?
And if so, could someone explain how exactly, in rather simple words?
If someone could answer, it would mean the world to me. The revolution is international!
One love from the outskirts of the world!
Not to be a dick, but you know there's a first page of this thread, right? See posts #14 and #18.
No, it's referring to soil or soil-less medium, not DWC.
Ok thanks! I'm going to try this stuff.