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FAFO

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Both pink glue sniffers are in the front row to the right. The middle one is the shortest of the group, and the one to the very right is clawing badly with minimal serrations.
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Boo

Cabana’s bitch
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I have a missing cloner, but I’ve discovered unless you keep that water at 70° the bottom of all your cuts will rot in a couple days because of the heat we have. I can show you a full proof way how to make cuts hundred percent of the time With nothing special other than a little bit of thinking…GMO taught me what I was doing wrong and I’ve had 100% success for well over a year
 

Boo

Cabana’s bitch
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I’d flushed that clawing plant a couple of times with straight pH water and then start feeding it slowly
 

FAFO

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I have a missing cloner, but I’ve discovered unless you keep that water at 70° the bottom of all your cuts will rot in a couple days because of the heat we have. I can show you a full proof way how to make cuts hundred percent of the time With nothing special other than a little bit of thinking…GMO taught me what I was doing wrong and I’ve had 100% success for well over a year
If you don't mind sharing your process, here, go ahead. I am sure someone else can benefit from the info as well.
 

Boo

Cabana’s bitch
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cloning 101:
clean razor blades, one for each strain...
make sure the cuts you plan on taking have been fed or at least watered...you don't want weak or wilting stock to begin with...
I cut the what I want off the plant and then on each cut you root, cut a 45 degree cut at the bottom of your cut, some prefer to split the node, others just cut anywhere...
with the razor scrape the cambium (outer layer of the cut) to expose raw flesh...
dip the prepared cut into a cloning agent such as clonex...
grab your rapid rooter pellets and soak in cloned cloning solution...
enlarge the hole with a bamboo skewer or something similar so your dipped cut can be inserted to almost the bottom...
the rooter should be damp but not wet...
here's the kicker...give those girls some serious light, same as you do for veg...my problem was I used a very weak T-12 because I didn't know about the lighting situation...cuts rotted until I was told about this method...lightly dampen the rooter
if it dries but NOT the foliage...keep it dry or pathogens will develop...
good luck, I get 100% within a week and the roots are a thing of beauty...
place the dome on top with the vent hopes cracked a little...if there is too much condensation open the vents a bit...
remember, keep the leaves dry, no misting...
 
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FAFO

Active member
cloning 101:
clean razor blades, one for each strain...
make sure the cuts you plan on taking have been fed or at least watered...you don't want weak or wilting stock to begin with...
I cut the what I want off the plant and then on each cut you root, cut a 45 degree cut at the bottom of your cut, some prefer to split the node, others just cut anywhere...
with the razor scrape the cambium (outer layer of the cut) to expose raw flesh...
dip the prepared cut into a cloning agent such as clonex...
grab your rapid rooter pellets and soak in cloned cloning solution...
enlarge the hole with a bamboo skewer or something similar so your dipped cut can be inserted to almost the bottom...
the rooter should be damp but not wet...
here's the kicker...give those girls some serious light, same as you do for veg...my problem was I used a very weak T-12 because I didn't know about the lighting situation...cuts rotted until I was told about this method...lightly dampen the rooter if it dries but NOT the foliage...keep it dry or pathogens will develop...
good luck, I get 100% within a week and the roots are a thing of beauty...
The cloning solution, what is that exactly? Is there no humidity dome, no foliar spraying? How about airflow? Too much, too little. Thank you kind sir!
 
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Boo

Cabana’s bitch
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clonex sells quart sized bottles of it, seems to work great for me...I amended the post after your text... ;)
 

FAFO

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Thank you @Boo I ordered the items I need.
I went ahead and purchased 2 vivosun scrog nets. They are good quality and very reusable, but they dont quite go all the way to the sides of the tent. Any suggestions? I'll take clones this week and defoliate/lollipop all of them, then I will drop the first scrog bet down on top of them. After a few weeks I will flip to flower and add the second trellis.
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Boo

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Do you plan on topping your plant when you defoliate it? I can’t remember the last plant I didn’t top because I like bushes and not tall plants.
 

FAFO

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I've only topped each plant once as of yet except for the tall one in the back center, she was topped for the second time recently. I may top 1 more time when I defoliate. Not sure yet.
 
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