mellokitty
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learning to clone is like learning to ride a bicycle.... you fall off and fall off, but once the training wheels come off, it's like "well what was so hard about THIS?? geez."
it takes time to root 1-2 weeks...some will wilt a bit...patience... don't assume they are dead just because they droop.The first one I cut, just wilted over pretty bad. Next morning I checked on it and it was dead. I made quite a few mistakes on that one though. This second one. Which is still alive after 11 hours, I am not sure will make it. It is wilted over, not as bad as the first one. I guess I made a mistake according to somebody else. I can see too much cloning gel being a problem though. Hopefully not enough to kill it. I'd like at least one clone to make it, just so I can have a little self worth to say I actually accomplished cloning one plant at least. Then clone more in the long run.
i might have to steal your saying for my sig i like that.i havent failed a 1000 times, ive successfully discovered a 1000 ways how to not make a clone, but i only needed to find 1 to make it work
practice practice practice!
well lets go get some gel an see how far we can stick it in.........I dunno I just stick it in real good hehehheehehehehehehehehe
well the second one should last a lil longer. keep the humidity up!I figure it takes some practice. I don't want to keep cutting and cutting and cutting and cutting until there is nothing left of my plant though. As for the clone that actually did die. If I could show you a pic. You could confirm it was dead. It shriveled up and wilted way over and became a dark green color and was almost stiff.
well you just confirmed a "myth" i had in my head. if i only fill half the tray up it seems to take longer to root, but if i fill the tray all the way up it will only take 4 or 5 days to root.2nd person to quote me in a sig in the last couple weeks
and yah i totally agree mellokitty.. the over complication of the process, just makes for problems... its so simple once yah got it lol
and another thing ive found that really helped for getting higher success rates, (i use trays/domes) is taking Alot of cuttings at once.. eg ill make 24-48 clones in a single 10x20 tray...
it makes it simplier as that amount of cuttings, maintains the moisture level right where it should be all by itself... i dont have to touch my trays for the first 7 days... after that its just spray them once or twice a day... 1/2 the time in that 7 days.. a good 50% are already showing roots!
exactly what i do. this gets them ready for the much lower humidity on the "outside". as the days pass , i let more an more air in.also: after day 3 or so, i like to air the trays out momentarily -- just lift the dome and put it back -- although some strains don't really like the stagnant air and want to be aired out sooner than that. if i have wilters after 24 hours, this generally helps them.
yup, it's a slow progression from putting the lid on tightly, to slightly askew, to kinda-diagonally-on-the-tray, to..... woohoo, break out the tiaras for the debutantes!exactly what i do. this gets them ready for the much lower humidity on the "outside". as the days pass , i let more an more air in.
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lol, thanks, i needed that.KITTAAHHHH!!!!
That is all.