hangshai
Well-Known Member
This is what has worked for me.. I have even taken clippings and put them in the fridge for up to 6 WEEKS (!!!!) and they have grown roots. You should see them today..
1. Get your supplies ready:
1 black tray
1 clear hood
1 package of Dip n' Grow
1 razor blade
1 med sized bowl with water
1 med sized bowl of weed
1 pack of crow cubes, or however you use your vermiculite, or whatever
Get your stuff and lay it all out on a table in front of you. Take your cuttings whenever, if you take them during flower, it just takes the longer to switch back to veg, but it WILL happen, just keep them under 24 hour light...
Put all your cuttings in a pile, then go through them one by one. Grab one, make sure it is about 5-6 long, from tip to tip, with only the 1 node on top with 2 fan leaves coming off, anything else gets trimmed off. Make a cut on the bottom tip at an angle, as close to 45 degrees you can get, then, put THAT part of the cutting under the water in the bowl, and use the razor blade to make 4 little downward cuts on the bottom of what will be your stem. the cuts shouldnt be too deep, just barely slice it 4 times, kind of on each side if it had 4 sides instead of being round. Do this instead of scraping. You do it under water so NO air gets in the cuts, just water, this is to facilitate water going up the new stem of your cutting. Then, put in the dip n' grow mix for 5 SECONDS (1 alligator, 2 alligator...), then just poke it into your rock wool, and repeat. Oh, and before you do THAT, make a VERY DILUTED mix of water with nutes, it should say how much you should use for cuttings on your nute bottle, usually a TSP per quart of water, then fill up the black tray a little, and let the rockwool soak in there, but get rid of excess water, you just want the cubes to be sufficiently damp. Save the rest of the mix and put it in a spray bottle to spray down your plants.
What I do after that is put one of those cheap thermometer humidity things in with the cuttings UNDER the dome, so I can monitor temps and humidity. Keep the tabs on top open or closed as needed, so the temp is around 80 and the humidity around 70. If you cant see through the dome, it is too wet in there, and you need to air it out to evaporate some of the water. But remember KEEP them domed. What I do after they are all in the rockwool is keep them under light for 24 hours, then off for 6 hours, then on for 24 again until I am ready to plant. I dont know why I do 6 dark after the first initial 24, but it has always worked, so, I keep doing it. I think I read about it somewhere... Anyway, Ive tried this method a few times and it has always worked.. My latest try is with 42 cuttings and they have taken root after a little over a week (well, Ive seen the roots on one, so far), and I've only had to lose 1 so far cause it wasn't taking. I hope I didnt leave anythign out and this helps. I pretty much just followed the instructions off the FAQ on here, tbh with you...
Oh, I forgot, you need to frequently take hits off the bowl filled with weed to make sure this works...
