cloning in peat pellets

BodegaBud

BodegaBud

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That’s all I use. I’m pretty happy. I have been using a pos aquarium light but found out that a stronger LED shop light works way better.
 
BodegaBud

BodegaBud

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What I do is take a salad container and put water in the bottom ( just a little) then I take another plastic container that will fit inside so it kinda floats on that water. I put the clones on the float and seal it then put it under lights. The water creates humidity and the float keeps them from getting soaked or if the water gets funky it doesn’t matter since it doesn’t touch the plants. Only time I spray is when I put them in the container. I don’t open again until I see roots which in my experience is 7-14 days sometimes longer. That’s my method
 
MidnightSun72

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osowhom said:
has anyone tried cloning in jiffy seed starting peat pellets i am trying it today in a dome of course just wondering if its a waste of time?
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It works fine. It's actually how I first learned to clone. I thought that was the normal way ahha.
Now I use a water cloner because I can fit way more cuts in the same space and I have better success.
 
1dude1seed

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Another Jiffy pellet and heat mat user here. I get signs of roots out the side sometimes in about a week, mostly around 1.5-2 weeks on average. Almost never fails :hump:
 
osowhom

osowhom

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some of mine were in soil in a dome for
1dude1seed said:
Another Jiffy pellet and heat mat user here. I get signs of roots out the side sometimes in about a week, mostly around 1.5-2 weeks on average. Almost never fails :hump:
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some of mine were in soil in a dome for 18 days without rooting so i redid them in the pellets i hope they are still ok
 
MidnightSun72

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osowhom said:
some of mine were in soil in a dome for

some of mine were in soil in a dome for 18 days without rooting so i redid them in the pellets i hope they are still ok
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I find with pellets controlling the moisture really gets them to root faster.

so once the pellet starts getting dry I spritz the bottom and the side of the pellet just to moisten the outer layer enough. Careful sometime pellets can get reaaaaally dry and nothing will root in them like this because they are rock hard at that point.

also I would spray twice a day. Once in the morning once before bed. But I found I got a lot more disease/grossness when I would spritz on the plants. So what I found better was spritzing on the dome and let it evaporate off the dome to give the humidity, rather than evaporate off the leaf. Especially if the cuttings are kind of crowded in the dome.
 
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Growbag22

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I've never used the heat tray and I'm not in a hurry. Sometimes you see roots quick sometimes not. It's never taken two weeks. I must cut smaller less developed stocks. I don't know.
 
MidnightSun72

MidnightSun72

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Growbag22 said:
I've never used the heat tray and I'm not in a hurry. Sometimes you see roots quick sometimes not. It's never taken two weeks. I must cut smaller less developed stocks. I don't know.
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I don't use a heat tray either. Dries the pellets too fast in my room. Also if the room is warm enough the dome traps a lot heat with the light.

also I find smaller cuts root faster in pellets. Dip in either honey or cloning gel.
 
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Growbag22

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osowhom said:
some of mine were in soil in a dome for

some of mine were in soil in a dome for 18 days without rooting so i redid them in the pellets i hope they are still ok
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I see you on another thread taking cuts of a fully budded plant three weeks ago. Are these the clones your talking about because your talking a whole different animal trying to clone and revegetate a budded plant.
 
BodegaBud

BodegaBud

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Careful with the heat mat. I think my old lady cooked a bunch of my babies this winter. It was cold so I used the mat and was gone for the weekend. I came home and they looked like steamed asparagus. She was cold so she turned on the heat and the room they were in was closed so the two heat sources combined and cooked em. At least that’s my theory. When I removed the top to the salad container that I use for a humidity dome a gust of humid heat and rotted vegetation farted out into my face. They just seemed too hot.
 
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Growbag22

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I also should have said start to see roots. I didn't mean fully rooted. But in my experience it still never takes 2 weeks for fully rooted clones in pellets.
 
1dude1seed

1dude1seed

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My clones in jiffy pellets aren’t fully rooted and transplantable for nearly two weeks. Just start to see roots around a week. My last run of clones were fully rooted and transplanted in pretty much 2 weeks flat.

Like already mentioned, I try to maintain a good moisture content in the pellet at all times. Not dry and not soaking wet either. That makes a huge difference. Sometimes I use rooting gel, sometimes I don’t. I get roots either way.

I do not use a humidity dome of any kind either. I just keep them under either a CFL or two or under an LED shop light. That’s really all they need for lighting.

Also try to keep the RH as high as possible. If you need to use a dome, I recommend a dome that has a vent. So you can let them girls breathe
 
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