Hello, I am the worst cloner ever.
I have taken over 1000 cuttings and have been succesful about 50 times.
I have tried many different techniques. Jiffy pucks w/ dome, jiffy pucks w/o dome, rockwool cubes, bubble cloner etc...
THe most success I had was my first run with my home made bubble cloner, 10 out of 15 cuttings took. I have tried twice with the bubble cloner since then only to fail miserably.
I use roottech cloning gel, which is all my local hydro guy recommends and I have only heard praise for it on here and other boards, so I dont think the gel is the problem, especially since lots of people dont use any gel or hormone at all and still seem to get 90+% success.
I just dont get it. I have been struggling with this for nearly 2 years. I clean out my trays and vaccumm the area befor I start. I clean everything, wipe my scissors with alcohol befor I take a cutting and I dip right away. I make sure to use lots of gel.
The strain doesnt seem to matter, I can't clone any starin I try. The one successful run in the cloner was Blue Cheese, my second try was Blue Cheese as well and they all failed.
People tell me Kush is the easiest strain to clone? I have tried Bubba, OG and an OG/Bermeese Kush cross called Bud Lite.....FAIL
I like to think I'm a good grower. I get the basics of how a plant works and I have pulled many good sized crops of fantastic quality weed from my tiny flower room.
I hate bringing in clones, they are almost always infected with something; thrips, mites, mildew you name it I have imported them all at some time or another from bringing clones from other growers into my room.
I also hate the fact that I have no control over the strain when buying clones. In my area if you want clones you can choose from Bubba Kush, Purple Kush or OG Kush. THATS IT. All of which come with a complimentary infection of some sort, but which infection in particular is always a surprise.
IS there anyone else out there struggling like me?
If you have struggled like me in the past, what changed everyhting for you? Is there some tiny detail that you adjusted that made alll the difference in the world?
thanks
I have taken over 1000 cuttings and have been succesful about 50 times.
I have tried many different techniques. Jiffy pucks w/ dome, jiffy pucks w/o dome, rockwool cubes, bubble cloner etc...
THe most success I had was my first run with my home made bubble cloner, 10 out of 15 cuttings took. I have tried twice with the bubble cloner since then only to fail miserably.
I use roottech cloning gel, which is all my local hydro guy recommends and I have only heard praise for it on here and other boards, so I dont think the gel is the problem, especially since lots of people dont use any gel or hormone at all and still seem to get 90+% success.
I just dont get it. I have been struggling with this for nearly 2 years. I clean out my trays and vaccumm the area befor I start. I clean everything, wipe my scissors with alcohol befor I take a cutting and I dip right away. I make sure to use lots of gel.
The strain doesnt seem to matter, I can't clone any starin I try. The one successful run in the cloner was Blue Cheese, my second try was Blue Cheese as well and they all failed.
People tell me Kush is the easiest strain to clone? I have tried Bubba, OG and an OG/Bermeese Kush cross called Bud Lite.....FAIL
I like to think I'm a good grower. I get the basics of how a plant works and I have pulled many good sized crops of fantastic quality weed from my tiny flower room.
I hate bringing in clones, they are almost always infected with something; thrips, mites, mildew you name it I have imported them all at some time or another from bringing clones from other growers into my room.
I also hate the fact that I have no control over the strain when buying clones. In my area if you want clones you can choose from Bubba Kush, Purple Kush or OG Kush. THATS IT. All of which come with a complimentary infection of some sort, but which infection in particular is always a surprise.
IS there anyone else out there struggling like me?
If you have struggled like me in the past, what changed everyhting for you? Is there some tiny detail that you adjusted that made alll the difference in the world?
thanks