mr. mad max
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i have a quick question soo i will try to clone my plants so i bought ROOTECH CLONING GEL has anyone ever used it and if so how well does it work it was only 17.00 dollars so i grabbed it thanks
cloning gel question???
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Dr. Indica
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I use it, 100% success. I have everything ready to go when I clone, a pair of sharp trimmers, 16oz. cups filled with peat moss and the cloning gel. I cut and then dip the cutting [clone] in the gel immediately and swish it around in there real good. I usually try to take cuttings that are just about 4 - 5 inches long, so I can submerge most of the cutting in there. I usually dip each cutting for a good 30 seconds, remember it's not a race. Then I take my new clone and gently push it into the peat moss, I found this works better than if I make a hole for it to go in. They root faster this way. I DO NOT MIST my clones, every time I ever tried it.....they wilted, even with the lightest sprinkle. It just doesn't work for me, I put them in a humidity dome make sure the peat moss is good and saturated and then I check on them in 24 hours. I double stack my cups and poke holes in the bottom of it using a thumbtack [ foam cups ]. The cup underneath catches all the runoff, after 24 hrs. if there is any runoff dump it out. I usually don't have to do anything after that until I transplant.
The roots literally explode from wherever the gel touches, I have roots that sometimes grow from branches above the soil level if it gets dipped in the gel.
I've done hundreds of clones with my gel and it doesn't even look like I touched it, it goes on and on like the energizer bunny.
Remember to take your clones from the tops of the lower branches, these will root the fastest b/c they have the most hormones.
I have successfully cloned even the very top of a flowering plant using this gel.
It works so good for me, I won't even bother trying anything else.
The roots literally explode from wherever the gel touches, I have roots that sometimes grow from branches above the soil level if it gets dipped in the gel.
I've done hundreds of clones with my gel and it doesn't even look like I touched it, it goes on and on like the energizer bunny.
Remember to take your clones from the tops of the lower branches, these will root the fastest b/c they have the most hormones.
I have successfully cloned even the very top of a flowering plant using this gel.
It works so good for me, I won't even bother trying anything else.
howhighru
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glad you have success with using cloning gel..I use it, 100% success. I have everything ready to go when I clone, a pair of sharp trimmers, 16oz. cups filled with peat moss and the cloning gel. I cut and then dip the cutting [clone] in the gel immediately and swish it around in there real good. I usually try to take cuttings that are just about 4 - 5 inches long, so I can submerge most of the cutting in there. I usually dip each cutting for a good 30 seconds, remember it's not a race. Then I take my new clone and gently push it into the peat moss, I found this works better than if I make a hole for it to go in. They root faster this way. I DO NOT MIST my clones, every time I ever tried it.....they wilted, even with the lightest sprinkle. It just doesn't work for me, I put them in a humidity dome make sure the peat moss is good and saturated and then I check on them in 24 hours. I double stack my cups and poke holes in the bottom of it using a thumbtack [ foam cups ]. The cup underneath catches all the runoff, after 24 hrs. if there is any runoff dump it out. I usually don't have to do anything after that until I transplant.
The roots literally explode from wherever the gel touches, I have roots that sometimes grow from branches above the soil level if it gets dipped in the gel.
I've done hundreds of clones with my gel and it doesn't even look like I touched it, it goes on and on like the energizer bunny.
mr. mad max
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thanks man this is my first grow so what you said is probably all i need to know still i will do some reading to get all the little details but very helpful thanks for the info and dam every time i post something i get a response in ten minutes thanks this place is the growers library very coolI use it, 100% success. I have everything ready to go when I clone, a pair of sharp trimmers, 16oz. cups filled with peat moss and the cloning gel. I cut and then dip the cutting [clone] in the gel immediately and swish it around in there real good. I usually try to take cuttings that are just about 4 - 5 inches long, so I can submerge most of the cutting in there. I usually dip each cutting for a good 30 seconds, remember it's not a race. Then I take my new clone and gently push it into the peat moss, I found this works better than if I make a hole for it to go in. They root faster this way. I DO NOT MIST my clones, every time I ever tried it.....they wilted, even with the lightest sprinkle. It just doesn't work for me, I put them in a humidity dome make sure the peat moss is good and saturated and then I check on them in 24 hours. I double stack my cups and poke holes in the bottom of it using a thumbtack [ foam cups ]. The cup underneath catches all the runoff, after 24 hrs. if there is any runoff dump it out. I usually don't have to do anything after that until I transplant.
The roots literally explode from wherever the gel touches, I have roots that sometimes grow from branches above the soil level if it gets dipped in the gel.
I've done hundreds of clones with my gel and it doesn't even look like I touched it, it goes on and on like the energizer bunny.
Dr. Indica
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glad you have success with using cloning gel..
Me too
Here are some pics for you, these were taken from a a few different flowering plants they are all pretty much ready for transplant and veg now.
The 3rd pic shows where I dipped one of the branches in the gel and it is now growing roots.
The last 2 pictures shows what happens when I try misting clones
