Organic Cloning Products
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grassburner419
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How about an aeroponic cloner with just water in the resivour no chemicals needed !
Really! This is sort of carrying it to the absurd.
I do organic as much as I can, but not to the point of limiting myself, that's self defeating.
I DO use willow-tea, AFTER the clones are rooted with Clonex and are transplanted into 1 gal pots. The first watering is done with willow tea and really seems to help. I tried rooting in willow tea and it was a disaster compared to clonex. Something like 20% compared to 95%. Not good if you are only doing a few clones.
The main ingredient in clonex is indole-butyric-acid.
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MrBaker
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Willow tea huh? You like go outside, pull down some willow branches and make it into a tea? no sarcasm there, actual question.Really! This is sort of carrying it to the absurd.
I do organic as much as I can, but not to the point of limiting myself, that's self defeating.
I DO use willow-tea, AFTER the clones are rooted with Clonex and are transplanted into 1 gal pots. The first watering is done with willow tea and really seems to help. I tried rooting in willow tea and it was a disaster compared to clonex. Something like 20% compared to 95%. Not good if you are only doing a few clones.
The main ingredient in clonex is indole-butyric-acid.
Wet
I use the MG IB acid and it works pretty well. Either way, plants use chemicals, me and you use a similar chemical...close enough, right?
I agree with only being as "organic" as easily possible.
Sustainable420
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You can clone with cocopeat as a medium with like a willow tea or some honey solution I don't know about. All organic.Willow tea huh? You like go outside, pull down some willow branches and make it into a tea? no sarcasm there, actual question.
I use the MG IB acid and it works pretty well. Either way, plants use chemicals, me and you use a similar chemical...close enough, right?
I agree with only being as "organic" as easily possible.
terrorizer805
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If you're talking about organic root hormones then I use earth juice Root Stock it works very well for me.
MrBaker
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I used quotation marks around organic to insinuate the implied meaning of organic commonly used in venues such as this. Eg, not referring to the presence of C, but to the amount of man-made synthetic nutrients used.
You're obviously someone educated enough to know the strict definition of organic, but 98% of the time in arenas such as this (gardening forums) organic isn't at all talking about where carbon is.
Part of what I was saying earlier touch briefly on this topic, and the definition of organic. The TS/OP obviously was looking for the most "natural" way aka, least man-made synthetic way to clone. That is partially the reason why I brought up how plants use indole-acetic-acid, a chemical that can be synthetically created (IB acid is close enough for argument's sake).
If you'd like to engage in anymore scientific banter, then by all means shoot me a pm so we aren't hijacking this thread.
Well, there is a willow tree growing on the property line, so no problem to cut a few 'whips', de leaf them, cut into 1-1 1/2" lengths and then let soak for a couple of days in a 5 gal bucket.Willow tea huh? You like go outside, pull down some willow branches and make it into a tea? no sarcasm there, actual question.
I use the MG IB acid and it works pretty well. Either way, plants use chemicals, me and you use a similar chemical...close enough, right?
I agree with only being as "organic" as easily possible.
I only do it with transplanted clones and only once for the first or so watering. Not hard to do, but constantly repeating it would be a pain in the butt.
Perhaps 3 times during the season? I don't do it when the willow is dormant for the winter.Wet