Starting clones in potatoes

[Tipunch]

Hi, Anyone tried starting a clone in a potato like it is done with roses?
I'm trying since yesterday.

Take a potato, do a small hole, put your cut in it and wait a few days/weeks.

Cheers

 

[Misterreggae]

heard about it and i will try it out the next days

 

[Florere]

Funny. But with what reason ?

 

[troutman]

Can you smoke the french fries after and get a buzz?

 

[Tipunch]

Not too sure about the french fried mate lol
Basically on roses it produces a root system very quickly. Have a clone who has been in there for 5 days now, still alive

 

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

If it works, it would be a good experiment to try different types of potato to find the best one

 

[MrBungle]

Roses have a thick woody stem.... comparatively cannabis stems are somewhat soft....

I would not take clones to save genetics this way, but for an experiment it sounds interesting!

 

[troutman]

I wonder if mashed potatoes would work?

 

[Budley Doright]

And another good thing about this idea....I guess...

is that fungus gnats love potatoes...

In fact...some folks put potato slices on the surface of their medium to lure the fungus gnat larvae ..... the potato slices are then removed....

once the fungus gnat babies move into the potato slices....

 

[MrBungle]

Thats a good old school tip... Thanks for the memory jog Budley!!

 

[kickapoo]

And another good thing about this idea....I guess...

is that fungus gnats love potatoes...

In fact...some folks put potato slices on the surface of their medium to lure the fungus gnat larvae ..... the potato slices are then removed....

once the fungus gnat babies move into the potato slices....

Thanks for the tip, will have to try that.

 

[SouthernGuerila]

When does the comedy routine start?

 

[Tipunch]

We'll see guys, its all trial and error in life, this clone is just alive becuz of the experiment so I'm sure he's a happy camper ;-) no gnats around for now and potato is in soil/coco. Will keep u guys posted on evolution. Cheers

 

[brown_thumb]

I dipped 14 cuttings in Clonex and buried the stems 5cm deep in soil then simply assured they didn't wilt much. All survived until later when they were neglected. Even now, 10 are doing well. No potty-toe necessary... just well drained good soil.

 

[Lester Beans]

Potatoes have enough electrical charge to run a clock. I always assumed that helped encourage the plant to root.

The roseheads use the method for hard to root varieties.

And yes potato slices for fungus gnats!

 

[dddaver]

So, did the potato cloning work?

 

[Tipunch]

Hi Guys, update time.

So it worked, cut has roots but looking back I would say this hasn't brought anything extra to regular soil technique.

Will stay in the roses section!

Thanks for watching,

TP