Can Cannibis be layered?

CaliGurl said:

Has anyone or does anyone know if the clonning techinque of layering can sucessufully be used? if so does it take any longer to root then traditional methods?

thx

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gogrow said:

i've never tried it... but i have read that it is fairly efficient, and treated the same as a clone... from what i understand, you scratch off a little bark and apply rooting hormone, wrap a jiffy pellet or such around it and keep moist; and then snip off and plant when you see roots...

if you do give it a shot, you should make a thread about it

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gogrow said:

i've never tried it... but i have read that it is fairly efficient, and treated the same as a clone... from what i understand, you scratch off a little bark and apply rooting hormone, wrap a jiffy pellet or such around it and keep moist; and then snip off and plant when you see roots...

if you do give it a shot, you should make a thread about it

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thanks Georgie Ill take ya up on that help if thats they way I decide to go.. I prolly will atleast experiment with it for fun

curious.george said:

Almost, but not exactly. Here is how I did it:

Cut 3/4 of the way through a stem. Stuff a little medium (I think I was using rockwoll maybe it was sphagnum moss) in the opening so the cut can not heal together. Apply rooting hormone as you stuff the opening. Then use some plastic (like from a big baggie) and wrap a inch or so of medium around the plant where the cut is and wrap that up good with the plastic. This is about the size of 1 or 2 golf balls. Then use a syringe to inject ph'ed watter when the medium dries. You can use a fish tank air line if you do not have the sharp on the syringe and inject the liquid through the tube. A vet will give you a BIG syringe if you ask nice and tell them its for plants. The way you wrap the medium around the step provides a little splint. When you see roots cut it off and plant it.

If you are having trouble cloning its a good way to go, but its a lot of work per clone. So making 50 air layers would be a full time job while 50 regular clones can be done with only a few hours of work.

If you want to try and are willing to post pics of your efforts I will be glad to coach you along.

I would use coco coir or rapid rooters if I was to do this again, the rockwoll or spagnum is sub optimal.

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zagg01 said:

cali check out my picks https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/164750-my-home-made-light-works.html see if this helps look at the vegroom and the flower room the flower room is further down on my post

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zagg01 said:

ez-clone is the only way to go I made one and have had a 100% rate from it.

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DaveTheNewbie said:

most of what you are talking about is air layering.
ground layering is where you but the branch and stick it in the ground. done it and it works fine
air layering is where you put a cut in the branch and stick medium around it in the air. ive seen videos of that working fine too.

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DaveTheNewbie said:

here is a picture of a plant that i layered from the thread : https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/158256-cutting-clones-2-tap-roots.html

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