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eastcoastmo

eastcoastmo

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bassman999 said:
OK so I need to do it in a separate tent so I dont pollinate all of them.
I just want a branch or 2 of seeds, not a tent lol
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You can also.take a cutting of the plant you want to reverse, keep it in a cardboard box until it roots, then start spraying. Keep it small.
That spray seems to have colloidal silver or silver thiosulphate. There aren't many other things besides gibberilic acid that can reverse plants!
 
sandhill larry

sandhill larry

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eastcoastmo said:
You can also.take a cutting of the plant you want to reverse, keep it in a cardboard box until it roots, then start spraying. Keep it small.
That spray seems to have colloidal silver or silver thiosulphate. There aren't many other things besides gibberilic acid that can reverse plants!
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Good idea. It shouldn't take up too much space. I ran a late season clone in 2015. I used a cardboard box, two CFL's and a fan.
 
sandhill larry

sandhill larry

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eastcoastmo said:
Yeah man, you could get away with keeping it small for sure. Sounds like you're already an expert in it too ha ha. It's amazing what can be achieved these days with cfl's and a cardboard box!
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No expert by far. I didn't get enough airflow at first, and I just about toasted it. I ended up putting her outside in December for the last couple three weeks.
 
eastcoastmo

eastcoastmo

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bassman999 said:
Im still not much good with rooting clones for some reason
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It's pretty simple bro, I find it much easier doing cuttings in soil. Take the cutting, dip in clonex and put into the soil. Keep the soil fairly damp for the first few days and mist the leaves every day. If you have them in a humidi dome, you open the vents after about 5 days, then slowly over the next two days, remove the lid entirely starting with an hour, 2 hours etc until the cuttings stay up right and dont droop. I get roots within 7-10 days doing it this way, works a treat! You can also use root riot plugs, they work awesome!!
 
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TWS

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bassman999 said:
I see ppl put cuttings in a cup of water and get roots. I have some in water only for kicks.'They are going into trash tomorrow
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Lol. I try just water once in a while to see if it will work for me. My rock wool clones root first.
I used to struggle the first few times too . Now it's like 85-90% .
Imho. Use the 1 1/2 rock wool cubes or rapid rooters. Cut a healthy clone at the node ( not really needed but helps ) in as long of diagnal cut you can do . I just use sharp scissors . Use a rooting hormone and make your own hole in the cube. Mist the cubes and don't over saturate , use a heat Matt and try to keep warm above 80 f. I don't like or use a humidity domes.
I know this sounds like normal procedure but really this is all it takes.
Don't try to hard and don't give up before you know they are dead for sure . In colder temps it can take up to 3 weeks . Once you get it you can root almost anything with out node cuts or hormones and straight cuts . Lol I think it's all karma.
 
Bakersfield

Bakersfield

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image.jpg I bought one of these baby's about 8 years ago and o had phenomenal results. Roots starting in 3 days and huge wads of roots by day ten. After about 1 year of use it began falling apart. I soaked the plastic parts in a bleach solution between uses, which made the plastic brittle.
So when I take clones now I do it the old fashioned way.
I like to use promix 4 and a cloning gel. In 7 days I usually have roots.
I try to find the woodiest branches and cut off all the fan leaves. Make the cut on at least a 45 degree angle and most importantly, IMHO, I scratch up the surface of the stem that will be submerged before dipping in the gel.
 
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TWS

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Bakersfield said:
View attachment 3865434 I bought one of these baby's about 8 years ago and o had phenomenal results. Roots starting in 3 days and huge wads of roots by day ten. After about 1 year of use it began falling apart. I soaked the plastic parts in a bleach solution between uses, which made the plastic brittle.
So when I take clones now I do it the old fashioned way.
I like to use promix 4 and a cloning gel. In 7 days I usually have roots.
I try to find the woodiest branches and cut off all the fan leaves. Make the cut on at least a 45 degree angle and most importantly, IMHO, I scratch up the surface of the stem that will be submerged before dipping in the gel.
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I always wanted one of these but I know with as warm as it gets here and with my luck I would have water pathogen problems but they do kick butt though once you get it figured out.
 
Bakersfield

Bakersfield

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TWS said:
I always wanted one of these but I know with as warm as it gets here and with my luck I would have water pathogen problems but they do kick butt though once you get it figured out.
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Yeah, I had a run or two where things got bad from root rot. The thing was always leaking from the seal between the reservoir and the top. They also have 2 additives they recommend you use. One is similar to hydrozym and the other is a week nutrient solution. The stuff was like 30 bucks per run, which is way too expensive.
I'm into simple anymore.
 
eastcoastmo

eastcoastmo

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Bakersfield said:
I bought some unrooted cuttings that were put in rockwool, once. I only lost 1 or 2 of them out of 50. It worked really well and I wouldn't mind trying it again.

Happy New Year everyone!
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I've had great success with rockwool too. The root riot plugs I think work best though, I had all my cuttings root in 5 days the last time I used them.

Happy New Year champ :-D
 
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