Cloning without a dome

Orblight said:

How are people cloning without a dome? I read heaps of people do it but when I try, within hours there falling over.

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cut her up, put her in the dirt, put a plastic bag over her head, water and light and she will grow them roots nice and tight!

Jamie0715 said:

cut her up, put her in the dirt, put a plastic bag over her head, water and light and she will grow them roots nice and tight!

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That started of ever so violently lol

HydroKid239 said:

Toss it in a cup of water & under a weak light.
these were kept under my canopy. View attachment 5105179

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Yep I usually put clips in plain water for a day or 2. Then into aeroponic cloner. Usually roots in 6 days or less. Just did some clones from a flowering one and took 9 days for the slowest

I use fresh aloe and city tap water. Riot plugs, peat based starter mix, coco fiber/pith mix, oxycloner. Roots in 5-7 days depending on style. The quicker you can harden off the better. They'll actually throw roots harder than if always kept in high RH

Orblight said:

How are people cloning without a dome? I read heaps of people do it but when I try, within hours there falling over.

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You can just use two clear plastic beer cups back to back instant dome
As a general rule to much light will cause droop
I have cloned plenty of plants just sticking the stem in moist soil and placing in a shady place for two weeks
I have also used Saran Wrap as a dome
Small aero cloners are cheap and easy to diy even a cup of water will produce roots in a low lit area

Orblight said:

How are people cloning without a dome? I read heaps of people do it but when I try, within hours there falling over.

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Wet a peat puck and make a small hole for the clone. Choose a supple branch with a small leaf to cut. Use a sharp clean knife and cut at a shallow angle. Don't crush the stem while cutting. Immediately stick it in the puck and just lightly cover the hole so it will not dry out. Place in cupboard with a small led bulb. Make sure the pucks stay wet and wait. Nutes when they have roots.

Works great for me.

Orblight said:

How are people cloning without a dome? I read heaps of people do it but when I try, within hours there falling over.

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I've heard of people cloning with just a beer cup and a ziploc bag on top to keep in the humidity

I open all vents from day 1 using vermiculite on the bottom of the tray. Lush green from start to finish.

I used to clone without a dome by keeping the coco I was cloning in saturated and cutting small clones so there wasn't enough leaf area to blow off water faster than the cut stem could suck it up.

I've gone to a dome (well, clear lid tupperware). The moist coco would sometimes cause one of my clones to rot, since I put my clones in a dome I can run dryer coco. My success rate went up and the clones seem to be rooting faster too.

If you can reliably get roots using a dome, dont switch up your clone technique just because a few other people do it differently.

Most clone nurseries use trays+dome.

Thanks guys good info here. I put them under a dome now and they stood back back up, still a little limp but not too bad. I think they will be alright hopefully.

Orblight said:

How are people cloning without a dome? I read heaps of people do it but when I try, within hours there falling over.

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I use a 2×2 tent for seedlings and clones with a fan in it and keep the humidity at 70-80%. I use cubes and trays bc I don't have clone machine money rn. I have a 90% success rate with cloning gel, and probably an 80% success rate from just soaking the plugs in water with aloe vera and a little nutrients in it. And a little aspirin to keep everything from getting any PM or anything. It's been working. I'll even prop up the ones that are wilting and they'll be picking themselves back up a little bit each day until maybe day 3 they'll be fine. If they wilt, it's usually bc the cuttings are too skinny or you need to cut more of the leaves off. It's usually too many leaves or too skinny.