Cloning with JJScorpio

[Sparky 6]

Oh boy, you are going to be in for a surprise when they do flower. They go crazy and branch all over, and you'll end up with one huge bud form consisting of multiple colas intersecting. Ive seen this in a thread at another forum before, and its awesome looking.

LOL Yeah I'm looking forward to it. I'm only going to flower three of these- one of each strain- just to see if these strains like this method or not. The other ones I will either make into mothers or strip for clones.

 

[breizou]

Hello !
I do not know if I am in the good place?
Do you Know this very simple and fast technique?
Very good for the out
It is enough to scratch the stalk of the branch chosen then to put a pastille of peat or other and to wait for a few days

 

[High Country]

Hello !
I do not know if I am in the good place?
Do you Know this very simple and fast technique?
Very good for the out
It is enough to scratch the stalk of the branch chosen then to put a pastille of peat or other and to wait for a few days

That's called aerial layering and you have to do more than just scratch it.

 

[breizou]

That's called aerial layering and you have to do more than just scratch it.

yes, I scratch it and I put "Clonex", it's very easy, I make that since of long year!
But my English is so bad as I do not know well how to explain!

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[High Country]

yes, I scratch it and I put "Clonex", it's very easy, I make that since of long year!
But my English is so bad as I do not know well how to explain!

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You can make very big clones with that method too and very reliable, well done.

 

[breizou]

Once the cutting removed, the branch makes an excellent stock For a new variety!
Saddened, I do not know how one say " porte greffe"..... " door transplants " in English

 

[jammie]

That's called aerial layering and you have to do more than just scratch it.

wow- thanks there HC. with a strain that shows early pre flowers you could use those long suckers and air layer. i might use a rapid rooter or park's biosponge cut up the side then sow back together and wait for rots too show. prune n clone in one operation!

 

[High Country]

wow- thanks there HC. with a strain that shows early pre flowers you could use those long suckers and air layer. i might use a rapid rooter or park's biosponge cut up the side then sow back together and wait for rots too show. prune n clone in one operation!

When I studied horticulture we propagated a variety of plants by aerial layering.

First we would ring bark a 1-2 cm section of the branch that was to become the new clone. Apply rooting hormone to the wound. Wrap a ball of moist peat moss around the wound. Secure the peat moss to the branch by wrapping a length of black plastic around it and tie off at each end. You could use aluminium foil too. Give it a few weeks and roots should appear from the wound site. Then cut off new clone below the wound and root site, voila, nice big clone.

We made clones up to 12" long with this method. You could use coco instead of peat moss. Just make sure it does not dry out. Personally I just clone the normal way cos I need a high number of clones for SOG and find it easier and faster.

 

[CANNATOPIA]

Nice post & great info & tips! TY Friend!

 

[High Country]

Nice post & great info & tips! TY Friend!

Just read your threads, looking good.

 

[Sparky 6]

OK to update most of my monster clones hermied so I tossed them out. I have one in flower right now but it didn't really branch like it could have. Also still have two of them in veg and clones from some of those waiting for roots.

 

[j.denver]

is two weeks into flowering too late to clone a plant?? I have one in flowering that has a shitload of lower shoots that will probably just waste energy in the long run...any ideas?

 

[Dave Coulier]

is two weeks into flowering too late to clone a plant?? I have one in flowering that has a shitload of lower shoots that will probably just waste energy in the long run...any ideas?

No, its not too late. They may take a little longer to root, but you can still do it.

 

[Too old to care]

Super thread. Got my first grow of bagseed going and thought I'd try cloning some of them while I got my confidence up. Sounds like a pretty foolproof method. Can't wait. Just trying to be patient and not rush things.

If patience is a virtue, then I'm a slut.

 

[JackTheGrower]

This time it took me a night and a morning but I reread this thread.

As it would be.. I know the soil and can grow nice plants like many of us can but it's these humble tasks, such as cloning, that can be worrisome.

Nice to refresh the thought processes on cloning once again..


This time out I have large soil blocks. It's my thing.

Ernst

 

[johnnyzdangerus]

What time of day do you prefer to take your clones? Ive heard that taking them later in the day might be better?

 

[haze_daze]

I've cloned 23 in the last couple of months with 100% success rate. No lamps, just sitting in a heated propagator on a window shelf and the last batch I took was from a mother that hadn't been under a lamp in about 4 months.

My method is

1. Take cutting and immediately put into a glass of water for 20 secs to stop any air bubbles.

2. Remove cutting and scarify the lower 1/2" with a Stanley knife blade- the roots will then shoot out of the sides of the stem too.

3. Dip in Clonex for about 1 - 2 mins.

4. Place in rockwool cube then in heated propagator.

It takes about 15-17 days to root them fully, although the roots start to show at the top of the scarification after about 7 days.

 

[Too old to care]

This is definetly cloning made easy. So far I'm 26 for 26.

I just took the cuttings, soaked in water for a few minutes. Dipped the ends in rooting hormone and stuck them in plastic cups with slightly moist MG soil. Put all of them in a rubbermaid storage tub with a 23 watt CFL outside of the tub. Misted the sides of the tub twice daily and the clones when they looked unhappy. Had roots showing as fast as 7 days or as long as 12 days. Seems like as soon as roots show, they really take off.


Thanks JJ for starting this thread.

 

[JJScorpio]

It's good to see that most of you are doing great.

I've been real busy and haven't had much time to post, so if someone has an answer for a question feel free to help them.

 

[angler45]

quick question. I dont't have a mother plant, and have been cloning my plants in veg, then as soon as the clones are good to go the plants go into 12/12. since i keep cloning from clones, how long can i keep doing this until the genetics or potency become weak?