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cloning in soil?
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clearcutter
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I've tried it that way and did not have very good luck. This is the way i currently clone. It's easy and effective.
Super Cheap Mass Cloner
Super Cheap Mass Cloner
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RoNdO
Member
I've always had good luck doing it that way I say try it and if you have troubles you may want to look into something else.
Edit: the super cheap mass cloner in the link looks really good and will work so there's something for ya I'll probably make one now.
Thank you clearcutter for the link.
RoNdO.
Edit: the super cheap mass cloner in the link looks really good and will work so there's something for ya I'll probably make one now.
Thank you clearcutter for the link.
RoNdO.
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rule35sub1
I take my cuttings and put on some gel. They get stuck into oasis cubes for rooting. I just keep those moist in a warm spot under lights.
G
Guest
Sure you can, as long as conditions are right youcan clone with 100% success everytime no matter the method. I havent lost a clone in 2 years. Last round I had an experiment. I cloned using 3 methods. Using rooting hormone and soil, rooting hormone and peat pelletts or taking cutting and putting them in a glass of water.
Well all 3 methods worked fine and I took 16 cuts and now have 16 clones rooted and about 7-10 inches high, ready to flip soon.
Cloning is a no brainer
Well all 3 methods worked fine and I took 16 cuts and now have 16 clones rooted and about 7-10 inches high, ready to flip soon.
Cloning is a no brainer
G
Guest
maybe this will help, and yeah u can clone in soil but inert mediums are better
maybe this will help, and yeah u can clone in soil but inert mediums are better
cloning in sand
with virtually no overhead cost
written by captainjack,
but it's an old gardening technique we have adapted to cannabis..
introduction..
cloning in sand is very similiar to cloning in rockwool, but holds even more similarities in properties to that of oasis foam (minus the 1-1-1 starter nutes, this is meant for seeds anyway, clones need no nutes to root if done properly)
crumble a piece of dry oasis cube between your thumb and your forfinger and you basically have sand.
here's how to do it..
cut notches in [iso. alch. sterilized] styrofoam coffee (hot) cups as shown below. Doing it this way works better than just holes punched in the bottom, IME
cut-down a coffee filter to insert into the bottom of your vessel to cover the bottom holes. (optional but recommended). make your life easy and just cut the ribs off the sides leaving just a circular disk of filter material. This keeps sand from coming out of the cup while wicking-up.
rinse (flush) enough beach sand to fill all the cups 3/4 of the way to the top [you want pure, fine, gritty, white to tan color with no shells, rocks, or other foreign objects in it] IF UNSURE, OR HAVE IT HANDY, USE PLAYGROUND SAND. "Desert Sand" works as well.
fill the cups lightly with the moist sand 3/4 of the way to the top, the trick is to either scoop the sand into the cups and gently tamp down the bottom of the cup once full against a flat countertop to slightly compact and fill large gaps between the clumps of sand in the cup, not too much, just enough to get it even, you want SOME air spaces but not huge gaps of no medium. you may add a splash of H2O2* to the water you use as the final moistening to reach "field consistancy" of damp but not leaking water everywhere, same consistancy you would sow seeds.. you want just a few drips of liquid to come out when you squeeze a handful of the medium in your fist.
with a clean or gloved hand just shape or mold an even base for the clone to sit in and with the same hand take a finger and make a hole for the cut to go into.. not too wide, you want as much of the stem touching sand as possible**, it will root where it makes contact with the sand.
water the cuts every couple days in the beginning and when you see the cut sprout new growth you'll know its rooted, fill a 10x20 flat with cups and give them a drink when they need it from the bottom. use just water and hydrogen peroxide until they are rooted, once you get that first new growth or notice a taproot out the bottom please transplant to a soil or soiless medium right away. If hydroponics you may try removing the cuts and placing them in a tupperware of lukewarm water and h2o2 mix (20parts water to 1 part hydrogen peroxide is cool)and gently (i stress gently) wiggle the cut around in the water until the sand dissolves off and the now-rooted cut can be placed into the desired system.
(note: i havent tried this for hydro but there's no reason it shouldnt work if you've done everything right)
*hydrogen peroxide, approved for use on organic fruit and veggie crops, no worries bio growers..
**be sure to take your cuttings under-water, and always make the final cuts under water for best results if they were gifted to you. For this method to work at full potential you must take a new razor blade and gently skin the stem where it will be buried in the sand, this promotes rooting from the skinned areas, be sure not to cut too far in, you do not want to cut, or score, basically, if you don't know how to do this you need to go back to cloning 101, ask here if you are unsure i will be glad to go over it with pics for the ignorant minded.
hope this helps and i will re post as a thread of it's own with full pics soon, just figured it may be useful to you so here it is in its raw unedited unproofread form, enjoy
cj
maybe this will help, and yeah u can clone in soil but inert mediums are better
cloning in sand
with virtually no overhead cost
written by captainjack,
but it's an old gardening technique we have adapted to cannabis..
introduction..
cloning in sand is very similiar to cloning in rockwool, but holds even more similarities in properties to that of oasis foam (minus the 1-1-1 starter nutes, this is meant for seeds anyway, clones need no nutes to root if done properly)
crumble a piece of dry oasis cube between your thumb and your forfinger and you basically have sand.
here's how to do it..
cut notches in [iso. alch. sterilized] styrofoam coffee (hot) cups as shown below. Doing it this way works better than just holes punched in the bottom, IME
cut-down a coffee filter to insert into the bottom of your vessel to cover the bottom holes. (optional but recommended). make your life easy and just cut the ribs off the sides leaving just a circular disk of filter material. This keeps sand from coming out of the cup while wicking-up.
rinse (flush) enough beach sand to fill all the cups 3/4 of the way to the top [you want pure, fine, gritty, white to tan color with no shells, rocks, or other foreign objects in it] IF UNSURE, OR HAVE IT HANDY, USE PLAYGROUND SAND. "Desert Sand" works as well.
fill the cups lightly with the moist sand 3/4 of the way to the top, the trick is to either scoop the sand into the cups and gently tamp down the bottom of the cup once full against a flat countertop to slightly compact and fill large gaps between the clumps of sand in the cup, not too much, just enough to get it even, you want SOME air spaces but not huge gaps of no medium. you may add a splash of H2O2* to the water you use as the final moistening to reach "field consistancy" of damp but not leaking water everywhere, same consistancy you would sow seeds.. you want just a few drips of liquid to come out when you squeeze a handful of the medium in your fist.
with a clean or gloved hand just shape or mold an even base for the clone to sit in and with the same hand take a finger and make a hole for the cut to go into.. not too wide, you want as much of the stem touching sand as possible**, it will root where it makes contact with the sand.
water the cuts every couple days in the beginning and when you see the cut sprout new growth you'll know its rooted, fill a 10x20 flat with cups and give them a drink when they need it from the bottom. use just water and hydrogen peroxide until they are rooted, once you get that first new growth or notice a taproot out the bottom please transplant to a soil or soiless medium right away. If hydroponics you may try removing the cuts and placing them in a tupperware of lukewarm water and h2o2 mix (20parts water to 1 part hydrogen peroxide is cool)and gently (i stress gently) wiggle the cut around in the water until the sand dissolves off and the now-rooted cut can be placed into the desired system.
(note: i havent tried this for hydro but there's no reason it shouldnt work if you've done everything right)
*hydrogen peroxide, approved for use on organic fruit and veggie crops, no worries bio growers..
**be sure to take your cuttings under-water, and always make the final cuts under water for best results if they were gifted to you. For this method to work at full potential you must take a new razor blade and gently skin the stem where it will be buried in the sand, this promotes rooting from the skinned areas, be sure not to cut too far in, you do not want to cut, or score, basically, if you don't know how to do this you need to go back to cloning 101, ask here if you are unsure i will be glad to go over it with pics for the ignorant minded.
hope this helps and i will re post as a thread of it's own with full pics soon, just figured it may be useful to you so here it is in its raw unedited unproofread form, enjoy
cj
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peach125
Member
I have always had good Luck cloning in soil. I make sure that the soil is for seedlings, then I take the cutting and dust it with cloning powder, and then I use a cardboard egg carton for the soil and put them about a ft under flouro's ....Last time took 16 Sour Bubble clones and 14 rooted, ok 2 of them were an old Hillbilly dreams strain Jucicron x m39 Will see what happens with that. Good Luck ...Peace...Peach
G
Guest
I use a seedling soil mix
shults take root powder (under $5)
and clear cups as domes
...get damn near 100% success rate
shults take root powder (under $5)
and clear cups as domes
...get damn near 100% success rate
i root in promixbx in 16 oz cups.i can veg those for upto a month before they need to be transplanted. i have great success. nearly 100%, i ran out of soil on the last run and used all. soil, rockwool, oasis,and a cloner. the soil had the best growth while rooting and are much bigger now than the rest. all lived except 2 in rockwool and 1 in oasis. and 1 in soil. those were out of 150. just my 2 cents.
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Guest
Ive got a few clones in soil now ive tried cubes and have had results. but you just have to make sure you have the right conditions for.
It works for me!
It works for me!
About a month ago I had a mishap with a light resulting in losing 2 bottom branches from one of my plants. The branches were about 9 inches long. I just stripped them of all but the smallest leaves, dipped them in powdered rooting hormone, stuck them in a pot and said "Grow". No wilting, no problems, they are growing and have a few small buds on them. As soon as I harvest the big plants, I'm thinking of revegging them. My plants are some bag seed sativas (I found the seeds in one of my old storage boxes--some of the seeds must have been 20 years old!), but are coming along nicely. In fact, the accidental clones seem stronger than my "planned on" clones! Anyway, Valentines Day should be more fun than usual this year.
It works for me!
About a month ago I had a mishap with a light resulting in losing 2 bottom branches from one of my plants. The branches were about 9 inches long. I just stripped them of all but the smallest leaves, dipped them in powdered rooting hormone, stuck them in a pot and said "Grow". No wilting, no problems, they are growing and have a few small buds on them. As soon as I harvest the big plants, I'm thinking of revegging them. My plants are some bag seed sativas (I found the seeds in one of my old storage boxes--some of the seeds must have been 20 years old!), but are coming along nicely. In fact, the accidental clones seem stronger than my "planned on" clones! Anyway, Valentines Day should be more fun than usual this year.
G
Guest
SURE!
SURE!
its the only way ive ever done it, with about 95% success (failure mostly due to the quality of cutting selected..) i *WANT* to make an aero or bubble cloner that i can put into a micro SOG situation. or maybe not so micro...
SURE!
its the only way ive ever done it, with about 95% success (failure mostly due to the quality of cutting selected..) i *WANT* to make an aero or bubble cloner that i can put into a micro SOG situation. or maybe not so micro...
