cloning

bmeat

New Member
When did you put the cutting into soil? Did you soak the cutting before placing it in the soil or did you just put it directly in? I have had great success with cloning not using rooting hormones but I soaked the cutting first in ph'd water. Did you remove any leaf sets before putting the cutting into soil?
straight into soil.

what do you mean leaf sets? the only leaf sets that are there are the ones that are sitting on the soil. should i cut them off and bury the stem more? also why do people cut the tips of the veg leaves off? whats the purpose?

bakatare, dude, please stop spamming my thread. i dont want this to turn into the typical 1000 page troll zone. i want help in here.
 

thatboyis1uvakind

New Member
ugly plant was grown in mud/clay so it needed three transplants. everytime, i fucked the root ball up.

i was watering it wrong the whole time. i was making the soil really wet when it should only be damp.

i was feeding it chemical vigoro every other watering, which hurt it during veg.

it had no lights for a week during hurricane sandy.

then when i finally fixed it up..i dropped a shoe box on it one night when i was drinking and decapitated it..

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I can't believe it...that's a sad terrible first grow experience....I still don't think its weed
 

Bakatare666

Well-Known Member
straight into soil.

what do you mean leaf sets? the only leaf sets that are there are the ones that are sitting on the soil. should i cut them off and bury the stem more? also why do people cut the tips of the veg leaves off? whats the purpose?

bakatare, dude, please stop spamming my thread. i dont want this to turn into the typical 1000 page troll zone. i want help in here.
OK, I'll quit for a while.
Here's some help for you before I go though.View attachment 2508006
 

rooky1985

Active Member
straight into soil..i roughed up the stem that went into the soil though, like a friend told me to do.

what do you mean leaf sets? the only leaf sets that are there are the ones that are sitting on the soil. should i cut them off and bury the stem more?
When I clone I take the cutting under a leaf set that I intend on cutting off and putting under the soil. I use a razor blade take the cutting at a 45 degree angle, then I cut the leaf set off even with the main stalk above my 45. I then soak that in ph'd water for about half an hour, then I place the cutting into the soil all the way up to the next existing leaf set. The leafs touching the soil will not hurt anything I plant everthing as deep as I can (until the first leaf set is touching the soil). I have taken well over a 100 clones and succeed about 90% of the time which the other 10% is strain dependent, I have had similar results with rooting hormones.
 

rooky1985

Active Member
straight into soil.

what do you mean leaf sets? the only leaf sets that are there are the ones that are sitting on the soil. should i cut them off and bury the stem more? also why do people cut the tips of the veg leaves off? whats the purpose?

bakatare, dude, please stop spamming my thread. i dont want this to turn into the typical 1000 page troll zone. i want help in here.
Cutting the leaf tips is an attempt to get the cutting to focus in root growth rather than canopy growth, IMO this is not necessary and is undue stress mine usually throw roots in 7-10 days but I have had strains take 15-20 days.
 

bmeat

New Member
When I clone I take the cutting under a leaf set that I intend on cutting off and putting under the soil. I use a razor blade take the cutting at a 45 degree angle, then I cut the leaf set off even with the main stalk above my 45. I then soak that in ph'd water for about half an hour, then I place the cutting into the soil all the way up to the next existing leaf set. The leafs touching the soil will not hurt anything I plant everthing as deep as I can (until the first leaf set is touching the soil). I have taken well over a 100 clones and succeed about 90% of the time which the other 10% is strain dependent, I have had similar results with rooting hormones.
good info, thanks. should i cut those leaves and bury the stem more, or leave it? ive only got about half an inch of stem in the soil.

if i remove those two tiny nodes, ill have about an inch in the soil. is half an inch enough? how does it work? will the roots only grow at the stem thats in the ground, or will it grow a taproot out of that stem and grow down into the cup?
 

navyfighter04

Active Member
good info, thanks. should i cut those leaves and bury the stem more, or leave it? ive only got about half an inch of stem in the soil.

if i remove those two tiny nodes, ill have about an inch in the soil. is half an inch enough? how does it work? will the roots only grow at the stem thats in the ground, or will it grow a taproot out of that stem and grow down into the cup?

You mean you dont know???
 

rooky1985

Active Member
good info, thanks. should i cut those leaves and bury the stem more, or leave it? ive only got about half an inch of stem in the soil.

if i remove those two tiny nodes, ill have about an inch in the soil. is half an inch enough? how does it work? will the roots only grow at the stem thats in the ground, or will it grow a taproot out of that stem and grow down into the cup?
Yes cut the leaves and burry the stem more. When the cutting starts to root it will sling roots out of the areas where you removed a thin layer of tissue. Roots will most likely develop where you removed those leaf sets as well. I would recomend using peat pucks sometime in your cloning experiments so that you can see how the root system develops, by noting the root growth that exceeds the confines of the puck. After you remove that leaf set soak it in some distilled water for a little bit and it should throw roots, just don't be discouraged if it takes a few weeks to root.
 

Dividedsky

Well-Known Member
i used a clear cup to see if the roots grow or not. will keep you updated.
I don't think you want to use a clear cup because the roots will be exposed, I'm sure its not going to be an issue and I'm no expert. Why don't you stop finger fucking your plants and just let them grow?
 

Dividedsky

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cheif steward, if you have no advice please leave.

my parents both know im growing and dont have a problem with it, unless it stinks up my house, hence why im trying to keep them small.

mutant plant is still flowering..taking forever to show me any amber trichs..shes burnt becuase i fed the hell out of her with bloom nutes to try to get her buds to swell up

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ha, that some headies you got there...
 

cobra28widow

New Member
mutant plant is still flowering..taking forever to show me any amber trichs..shes burnt becuase i fed the hell out of her with bloom nutes to try to get her buds to swell up

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ugly plant was grown in mud/clay so it needed three transplants. everytime, i fucked the root ball up.

then when i finally fixed it up..i dropped a shoe box on it one night when i was drinking and decapitated it..
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should i cut those leaves and bury the stem more, or leave it? ive only got about half an inch of stem in the soil.
lmfao he asked that same question every page ... what happened bmeat??? I thought you knew it all?? Stop giving out advice. Throw your plants in the garbage and just buy weed.. your torturing all those innocent plants.
 

AimAim

Well-Known Member
here goes the clone experiment..kind of sad i had to sacrafice a limb.
Not sad at all, it's the only part of the plant that won't die a slow agonizing death. This should be merciful and quick.

And where did you find the pictures in post #7 ?
 

SOMEBEECH

Well-Known Member
straight into soil.

what do you mean leaf sets? the only leaf sets that are there are the ones that are sitting on the soil. should i cut them off and bury the stem more? also why do people cut the tips of the veg leaves off? whats the purpose?

bakatare, dude, please stop spamming my thread. i dont want this to turn into the typical 1000 page troll zone. i want help in here.
Leaf tips are cut on clones to get energy directed to growing the roots.


Beech
 

Bakatare666

Well-Known Member
Not sad at all, it's the only part of the plant that won't die a slow agonizing death. This should be merciful and quick.

And where did you find the pictures in post #7 ?
I keep wanting to steal your sig and change it to bmeat and grow instead of sing.
 
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