What are some of the ways to clone?

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nd2slodwn

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Looking to clone for my newly built hydro setup. I have no experience in cloning so I thought I'd start here. I have a friend willing to let me get some cuttings from a few of his mothers. I'd kinda like to know what medium to put them in and then under what type of light for how long and so on. Also about the feeding of the new clones and the transfer to the pots. Or can I just go directly to the pots? As much info is greatly appreciated, I've been trying to research this topic on my own but have been going blind reading so much and not getting the detailes I'm looking for. Thanks in advance
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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nd2slodwn said:
Looking to clone for my newly built hydro setup. I have no experience in cloning so I thought I'd start here. I have a friend willing to let me get some cuttings from a few of his mothers. I'd kinda like to know what medium to put them in and then under what type of light for how long and so on. Also about the feeding of the new clones and the transfer to the pots. Or can I just go directly to the pots? As much info is greatly appreciated, I've been trying to research this topic on my own but have been going blind reading so much and not getting the detailes I'm looking for. Thanks in advance
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You opened a new can of worms. You can clone in a glass of plain tap water. Tape it up so no light hits the roots as they form. Change water every day. At least every other day and that is for aeration. NO NUTES. Takes 10 days to 2 weeks.
 
DrKingGreen

DrKingGreen

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Like Harley said, don't spend that $90 on something you can make yourself and will work just as good. I switched to a plastic tub with a heat mat under it and perlite. Since taking the humidity dome off the contraption I've moved up to the 100% rooted mark
 
melungeonman

melungeonman

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These are some pictures of make shift clone domes.
They are just large storage tubs from wall mart. flip them over using the lid for your tray.
You have to punch a hole or few in the bottom of the container to regulate the condinsation.
The condinsation and humidity in the dome is what waters your clones while root systems are being made.
I use a rag wool type rug in the bottom, you can use these over again just wash and rinse very well with light bleach solution.
You can use a propagation mat under the rug to contribute to root growth and stem expansion at the cut site, this also increases the humidity level in the dome.
The lighting is not that big of a deal. no vegitive growth is going to occure at this time.
You can use a cheap t12 shop light, or cheap strip to keep them illuminated 24 hrs a day. One of these chicken brooding light's cost about $10,00 at Ace hardwarebrrod light.jpg

If rockwool cubes are not available where you are, without ordering. You can use jiify type expandible wafers. I say type because, If you find the off brand made of cocanut fiber these are preferable to jiffy. Jiffy is peat and may be Slightly too acidic for some hybrid strains.
Next select a cloning agent, Clonex is a good one as are many others. If all that is available is rootone use that. It works well and I used it for many, many years with great success.
Now you have your materials together, next is. The act of cloning your plants.
Select a good healthy branch. I look for a cut I can make leaving the remainder of the side branch and shoots behind.
These I will clone for a later generation before bloom. We will talk about that later, for now leave them be.
now I will clip the lower branches away, as well as the bottom leaves, I have already cut this at a 45 deg angle when I made the initial cut.
Next I will place a sliceing cut with a sterile scalpel. I by these at my hydro shop for $2.00 each. If they are not available to you, use a sterilized exacto blade. Sterile is important here, so is scrubbing your hands before doing this. Keep your cloning table clean as well.
After making a new very clean 45 deg cut 1/4 of an inch up from the original, I dip this bottom 1/4 in into organic honey. This is optional. I only know a few old school growers that still remember to do this.( Honey is another explanation alltogether.) Those who know the benifits of doing this feel free to throw up a reply. If not private message me and I'll tell you about it.
After dipping in honey or fresh water, I dip this same 1/4 of an inch of the stem into my clonex, water helps the rootone hold to the stem, just dip and coat twice and you will have a nice little blob.
After that take your previously expanded or soaked media. And gently insert clone into prepared hole.
I put a drop of clonex or a little rootone down the hole.
Fill in the hole with loose media from bottom of your cube or top of your pellet.This will help to hold up your clone.
If cloning a plant that is a stubborn cloning plant you might want to trim the very tips of the leaves, This will stay off necrosis of the leaves for awhile. If they clone fast then don't worry. For now trim them until you know how your mother clones.
Place them in your dome on the wet rag wool rug, and keep the rug wet. check them removing dead and necrosis effected leafes. If they are green leave them alone.
When you begin to see roots you should be able to plant them in small 1 quart pots, then larger containers for veg. I use the smaller so I can utilize a table or clone closet. (there is a picture of a makeshift closet on this post, utilizing a spare bathroom tub.)
Other ways to clone new mothers are covered in my journal entry Air cloning stress free clone mothers.
This envolves growing the root system on the clone before cutting it away from the doner mother
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