icedrgn027
Well-Known Member
Clones make seeds so much more valuable! I mainline everything, i.e. everything gets topped 3 times, 1 top turns into 2 colas, 2 turns into 4, and topping those during third topping nets me with 8 colas instead of 1 main cola. After 8, returns are not worth the extra veg time. It takes my veg from about 3-4 weeks upwards to 6 but according to others greatly increases my yield per plant. Same neuts and flower time, so why not...and who doesn't like new free plants!
Each time I top, that cutting is my clone. I use rockwool, which needs to be soaked in RO water before using to bring the pH down to usable range for clones. I hear the petemoss pods work great but have yet to try them or see how they will work in my dwc setup.
Using a clean xacto/razer blade to cut the tops with, I immediately have a shot glass of water to place them in. This prevents air from traveling upwards since we just cut it off from it's supply. It will die supposedly if an air bubble finds its way in. Then after a couple seconds, I take it out and with the blade, lightly shave the stalk area near where the cut is, maybe third to a half of an inch. This allows the growth hormone to better penetrate and take effect. If on a knuckle, lightly score it a few times. After shaving, I then dunk it in the water to rewet before dunking this into the hormones. It will be covered and caked. We do not care lol. Place in your rockwool and it may take upwards of two weeks before it starts to grow at all. As long as it doesn't completely die, we again don't care. Take extras and pick your strongest. I have one that I was sure was dead but refused to completely wilt and die. I think I lost one or two this grow but when I topped my original first clone, I had new clones again. The one that refused to grow finally showed me tap root coming from the bottom of the netpod this week. So I know it was just setting up roots first. That's about it. Clones like it moist but not soaking and high RH. I use a see through plastic donut case I salvaged from the kids breakfast like a mini green house until I set up my hydro clone bucket once they show root. It's hard to check if they are rooting until they push through the netpods clay pellets otherwise. Go to your local H.depot and look in the garden section for this root stuff. It's literally $4 usd. Compared to the $30+ for the cannabis specific stuff which uses the same active ingredients.
Each time I top, that cutting is my clone. I use rockwool, which needs to be soaked in RO water before using to bring the pH down to usable range for clones. I hear the petemoss pods work great but have yet to try them or see how they will work in my dwc setup.
Using a clean xacto/razer blade to cut the tops with, I immediately have a shot glass of water to place them in. This prevents air from traveling upwards since we just cut it off from it's supply. It will die supposedly if an air bubble finds its way in. Then after a couple seconds, I take it out and with the blade, lightly shave the stalk area near where the cut is, maybe third to a half of an inch. This allows the growth hormone to better penetrate and take effect. If on a knuckle, lightly score it a few times. After shaving, I then dunk it in the water to rewet before dunking this into the hormones. It will be covered and caked. We do not care lol. Place in your rockwool and it may take upwards of two weeks before it starts to grow at all. As long as it doesn't completely die, we again don't care. Take extras and pick your strongest. I have one that I was sure was dead but refused to completely wilt and die. I think I lost one or two this grow but when I topped my original first clone, I had new clones again. The one that refused to grow finally showed me tap root coming from the bottom of the netpod this week. So I know it was just setting up roots first. That's about it. Clones like it moist but not soaking and high RH. I use a see through plastic donut case I salvaged from the kids breakfast like a mini green house until I set up my hydro clone bucket once they show root. It's hard to check if they are rooting until they push through the netpods clay pellets otherwise. Go to your local H.depot and look in the garden section for this root stuff. It's literally $4 usd. Compared to the $30+ for the cannabis specific stuff which uses the same active ingredients.
