fearnoevil
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Where growing is concerned, I'm normally open to new ideas, provided of course they are based in sound scientific theory, so this looks promising. While browsing Youtube I came across some videos by a Dr. Harley Smith which were very informative and raised some interesting questions.
Fyi, he works for NPK Industries, which somehow I've not heard of until now, so he is selling something, but still lots of interesting info in this in-depth cloning tutorial
and I especially liked the bit about how to grow better mother plants which will have tighter nodes which is of course better for clone selection.
Around the 40 minute mark he brings up the idea of a foliar spray consisting of kelp extract and fulvic acid along with a yucca-based wetting agent, which btw is a very good idea, but you can CHEAPLY substitute a drop or two of baby shampoo (or simple, maybe an organic, dish detergent).
He suggests spraying the mom with this a week or two before taking cuttings to energize them so they'll have more energy/nutrients in the plant tissue to utilize for root growth. And what I like is his comment that this can be used on clones themselves, but his anecdotal account didn't say much about when, just that they tried it on some sickly looking clones, which then recovered and had roots popping out of the rw cube a couple of days later.
So the question is, does anyone have any XP using this type of solution? Always looking for a way to improve my cloning tech, especially post surgical recovery as I still have problems from time to time, although again as he mentioned early on, it may also be from taking clones too early, since small wimpy cuts don't have enough energy to be able to grow roots, which makes sense.
Fyi, he works for NPK Industries, which somehow I've not heard of until now, so he is selling something, but still lots of interesting info in this in-depth cloning tutorial
Around the 40 minute mark he brings up the idea of a foliar spray consisting of kelp extract and fulvic acid along with a yucca-based wetting agent, which btw is a very good idea, but you can CHEAPLY substitute a drop or two of baby shampoo (or simple, maybe an organic, dish detergent).
He suggests spraying the mom with this a week or two before taking cuttings to energize them so they'll have more energy/nutrients in the plant tissue to utilize for root growth. And what I like is his comment that this can be used on clones themselves, but his anecdotal account didn't say much about when, just that they tried it on some sickly looking clones, which then recovered and had roots popping out of the rw cube a couple of days later.
So the question is, does anyone have any XP using this type of solution? Always looking for a way to improve my cloning tech, especially post surgical recovery as I still have problems from time to time, although again as he mentioned early on, it may also be from taking clones too early, since small wimpy cuts don't have enough energy to be able to grow roots, which makes sense.
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