honey cloning

[kordo]

i spit on the plant before i take cuttings and yell root you little bitch! doesnt work so well.

maybe try once cut and without yelling

 

[crimsonecho]

If you are familiar with cottonwood trees they also contain medicinal properties.

never heard of it but i’ll look it up do bees make cottonweed honey? lol

 

[crimsonecho]

maybe try once cut and without yelling

i really dont feel comfortable using my spit for cloning brother not the least bit sterile and i had big rot problems before honey so i’ll pass but if it works for you i’m happy.

 

[goingrey]

Two cuts from the same plant, one honey-dipped one not. Let's see what happens.

 

[goingrey]

Organic raw unheated honey. Kills babies, says so on the pot.

 

[oldmaninbc]

never heard of it but i’ll look it up do bees make cottonweed honey? lol

I don't know but doubt it.

 

[oldmaninbc]

Organic raw unheated honey. Kills babies, says so on the pot.

There is a risk of infant botulism, how big a risk?

 

[goingrey]

There is a risk of infant botulism, how big a risk?

They don't go into specifics hehe. But the warning made the sale for me, figured it must be the good stuff.

 

[oldmaninbc]

They don't go into specifics hehe. But the warning made the sale for me, figured it must be the good stuff.

Obviously your not an infant, your good to go. Honey in itself kills pathogens. The honey I eat is not treated.
I like honey and would not be without. Good stuff.
I use to have 2 retired school teachers live down the road from me. They had a passion for producing honey.
I tasted some they had entered in a contest and theirs won, it was nothing likes store bought honey. If only I had bought 50lbs of it.

 

[OleReynard]

Interested to see what ya have going on.

 

[goingrey]

So I'm cloning in clay and the honey sticks to the clay and because of that the honey-dipped cut bent and snapped so I had to re-cut the cut. The non-honeyed one just slipped right in. First difference I noticed.

 

[foomar]

You might find this to be of interest.
honey and others assesed

 

[kordo]

also maybe this https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855406/
rooting hormones

 

[goingrey]

So it seems like the honey dipped cutting died overnight. And the other one is totally fine. Two cutting experiment, shouldn't jump to conclusions, and maybe it's because of the clay and the sticking to it. But not exactly promising anyway.

 

[goingrey]

So like Aaliyah taught us, if at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again..

And again both cuts from the same plant (but different than yesterday), one dipped, one not.

 

[sneezydog]

Not sure if the stem size difference will matter there but the honey one looks older and woodier. Maybe try aloe side by side or a aloe dip then a honey dip ha. Or even spit if you have enough cuttings to do experiments

 

[OleReynard]

So I'm cloning in clay and the honey sticks to the clay and because of that the honey-dipped cut bent and snapped so I had to re-cut the cut. The non-honeyed one just slipped right in. First difference I noticed.

I'd think straight perlite or a loose airy soil would be better.

 

[goingrey]

I'd think straight perlite or a loose airy soil would be better.

Clay works very well. Soil too, sure. Haven't tried perlite.

 

[crimsonecho]

the second batch with 6 cuttings from each NL (12 total) 100% rooting rate in 10 days with honey.

 

[OleReynard]

And what's your SOP dome heat yadda yadda yadda