Ok so this afternoon I went ahead with Operation Clone TH.. otherwise known as Operation Make a Mommy, lol.. So I had 1 specific branch in mind and after I cut that one I will look for another. So that was the original plan..As it went down after I cut that branch I really couldn't find another one I wanted to cut that wouldn't hurt my harvest. I know what some of you are thinking/going to say.. that getting a mother is more important than my first harvest. I agree and disagree on the point as I know I will be getting some seeds in the coming future and will have to go through the "sex dance" again regardless. So I hope my one clone takes and it will then become a mother and I'll have nothing to worry about.
The steps I followed were as follows:
1) Cut the branch I wanted but left about a 1cm nub on the plant (why not, lol)
2) Put my cutting in a glass with some distilled water till i was ready
3) Laid out some cloning powder and had my little cup of soil mix ready
4) Cut my clones tip on a 45 degree angle
5) Dipped it in the powder, tap the stem to remove excess powder
6) Put clone into hole in soil and use soil to help it stand up straight
7) I watered with plain distilled water with a drop of Superthrive (just cause)
Put in my Vegetable (24hr CFL Cab) With a Plastic Cup Humidity Dome
I'm fairly confident that this process should take and work. The only real drawback is using soil, I can't really check for root growth as early as most of the other cloning methods. However in due time if/when it takes it'll start to grow and it should outgrow the styrofoam cup thats its in quite shortly, In which time I'll transfer to a larger pot and so on. I took a bunch of pics that I'll post after I finish talking here and you can play match my words to the pics
Any how, lets cross our fingers and hope this works so I'll have a TH mommy for as long as I please !!
Picture Time,
"Pot" with Drain holes
Clone Powder
TH before the cut
Rooted Watered "clone"
Another shot of Baby TH 2
TH2 in her new home beside a cucumber and tomato plant
TH2s Head Gear
Woo, ok that took way to long to post. I hope you guys enjoy and I hope this works out !!!
Have a great rest of the day,
-Tdot