ROOTS!! Big props, RIU.

Armillaria caligata

Armillaria caligata

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I try to read as much as I can before asking on this site, and the combination of reading and asking has resulted in my first successful Cannabis cloning experiment. I have had success rooting Solanaceae but have never been able to get grass to root up to now. I am using Oasis foam cubes soaked in a very watered-down solution of gel. I dipped the cuttings in gel and then in rooting powder and stuck them in a seed starting object under a dome on a heat mat. I lifted the dome every other day so the cuttings could breathe. Like three weeks later, plump white ROOTS!! Big props to everyone who posted and who replied to my asks (and took me seriously). I want to try the honey cloning method eventually, because I like experimenting and I like honey.
 

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OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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Armillaria caligata said:
I try to read as much as I can before asking on this site, and the combination of reading and asking has resulted in my first successful Cannabis cloning experiment. I have had success rooting Solanaceae but have never been able to get grass to root up to now. I am using Oasis foam cubes soaked in a very watered-down solution of gel. I dipped the cuttings in gel and then in rooting powder and stuck them in a seed starting object under a dome on a heat mat. I lifted the dome every other day so the cuttings could breathe. Like three weeks later, plump white ROOTS!! Big props to everyone who posted and who replied to my asks (and took me seriously). I want to try the honey cloning method eventually, because I like experimenting and I like honey.
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Congratulations! I too use both gel and powder and rarely lose a one. No heat mat tho and root in screened Promix HP in 9-hole seed starter pots in a humidity dome set off to the side in the veg area. The one time I used a heat mat almost 20 years ago I lost almost all of 38 cuttings to stem rot so just keep them someplace warmish like the grow room and within 2 weeks there's roots poking out the drain holes.

Like these here.

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Gets easier with practise.

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Armillaria caligata

Armillaria caligata

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OldMedUser said:
Congratulations! I too use both gel and powder and rarely lose a one. No heat mat tho and root in screened Promix HP in 9-hole seed starter pots in a humidity dome set off to the side in the veg area. The one time I used a heat mat almost 20 years ago I lost almost all of 38 cuttings to stem rot so just keep them someplace warmish like the grow room and within 2 weeks there's roots poking out the drain holes.

Like these here.

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Gets easier with practise.

:peace:
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This gear is nearly identical to what I am using, except that the cups are clear in green and/or black trays.

 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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Armillaria caligata said:
This gear is nearly identical to what I am using, except that the cups are clear in green and/or black trays.

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They'll root in almost anything. A few years ago I accidentally broke a little grow tip off and it fell into a nasty bucket of water I had in the grow room to add a little humidity. A week or so later I pulled it out and it had roots. Not a method I would recommend for needed production tho. :)

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DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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OldMedUser said:
They'll root in almost anything. A few years ago I accidentally broke a little grow tip off and it fell into a nasty bucket of water I had in the grow room to add a little humidity. A week or so later I pulled it out and it had roots. Not a method I would recommend for needed production tho. :)

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LOL!.. i remember reading about that a couple of years ago when you posted it. That's hilarious. .... and we try so hard sometimes.
 
VincenzioVonHook

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OldMedUser said:
They'll root in almost anything. A few years ago I accidentally broke a little grow tip off and it fell into a nasty bucket of water I had in the grow room to add a little humidity. A week or so later I pulled it out and it had roots. Not a method I would recommend for needed production tho. :)

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I have the same experience with popping seeds. Everyone here makes it out to be some semi-impossible feat and need towels, rooters, warm water and four stage transplant routines amongst a list of other strange techniques.

I accidentally drop seeds in my medium bin sometimes and they climb a foot through dark medium to surface. I have dropped seeds in a crack in cement and watched a plant pop it's head out a few days later.
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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VincenzioVonHook said:
I have the same experience with popping seeds. Everyone here makes it out to be some semi-impossible feat and need towels, rooters, warm water and four stage transplant routines amongst a list of other strange techniques.

I accidentally drop seeds in my medium bin sometimes and they climb a foot through dark medium to surface. I have dropped seeds in a crack in cement and watched a plant pop it's head out a few days later.
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I just stick my seeds in whatever medium they will grow in and that works fine for me. Used to do the soak until I got a tail then plant, paper towel method works but still adds steps to the process which equals more work so I just shake them up in a pill jar lined with 150grit sandpaper for 2 min then plant 3/4" deep. I keep them in a humidity dome so the tops don't dry out and once up they go out in the air.

Like cloning, it's really not rocket surgery. :)

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VincenzioVonHook

VincenzioVonHook

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OldMedUser said:
I just stick my seeds in whatever medium they will grow in and that works fine for me. Used to do the soak until I got a tail then plant, paper towel method works but still adds steps to the process which equals more work so I just shake them up in a pill jar lined with 150grit sandpaper for 2 min then plant 3/4" deep. I keep them in a humidity dome so the tops don't dry out and once up they go out in the air.

Like cloning, it's really not rocket surgery. :)

:peace:
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I'm in the same boat. I don't disagree with any of the other methods, it's just extra work for no reason...some people enjoy the extra work whereas I'm a lazy bastard. Latest run I popped four seeds, and just used whatever pots I had laying around. A 2 gal pot for one, a 6" pot for another, and two in 5" nursery pots..I'll up pot the small pots in two weeks and go from there..if I had more 2 gal pots I would have used them.

They all broke ground within 36 hours, and all are the same size. The only difference is that I won't have to water the 2 gal pot for a week or more, whereas the others will get a top up every few days.

Every time I've done the "sprinkle water around the stem" trick, I've ended up with a tiny, undeveloped root stock and hydrophobic medium...roots don't chase dry medium.

I find one water to runoff day one is more reliable for me, and then I don't have to do anything for well over a week instead of fart adding around with tiny containers and shot glasses of water.
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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VincenzioVonHook said:
I'm in the same boat. I don't disagree with any of the other methods, it's just extra work for no reason...some people enjoy the extra work whereas I'm a lazy bastard. Latest run I popped four seeds, and just used whatever pots I had laying around. A 2 gal pot for one, a 6" pot for another, and two in 5" nursery pots..I'll up pot the small pots in two weeks and go from there..if I had more 2 gal pots I would have used them.

They all broke ground within 36 hours, and all are the same size. The only difference is that I won't have to water the 2 gal pot for a week or more, whereas the others will get a top up every few days.

Every time I've done the "sprinkle water around the stem" trick, I've ended up with a tiny, undeveloped root stock and hydrophobic medium...roots don't chase dry medium.

I find one water to runoff day one is more reliable for me, and then I don't have to do anything for well over a week instead of fart adding around with tiny containers and shot glasses of water.
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Same here with watering. If I stick a seed in a bigger pot and soak it I may not have to water at all for a month. A 4" plant with a couple of good nodes will have roots near the bottom in a 2gal pot so keeping the top wet ends up with overwatering and root rot.

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