Cloning questions

dirtWeevil said:

i quit having problems with cuttings once i got rid of the mist and dome, unless you're in a desert its not usually necessary, and especially not if youre using a bubble bucket, that cut will stay plenty hydrated. The cut will take up water thru the stem much better than through the leaves. If all that werent enough adding a dome also creates a stale environment where mold will flourish. Another hurdle i believe comes from calling it "cloning" which evokes thoughts of labs and complicated science, when in reality you are just sticking a branch in dirt or other medium, and besides that its not even truly cloning, a true clone would come from seed modified with the dna of the cloned plant to produce the exact copy of the original. Cutting and rooting would be a better term I think.

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Tbh I think it's the U.S. that terms it cloning. In the UK to non canna people it's called taking cuttings. I prefer the term.

JDMase said:

Tbh I think it's the U.S. that terms it cloning. In the UK to non canna people it's called taking cuttings. I prefer the term.

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my great grandma called it cutting, i figure they say cloning because it sounds cooler, like why tattoo artists wear black gloves

Lol... wilko has supplied me growing substrates for years. The sell the trays with pellets in too. The list is endless. Plant pots are half the price too. There on par with eBay pricing. If you buy the coco slabs make sure you wash them thoroughly. Pillow case in the bath does me good.

Swims_GD said:

Lol... wilko has supplied me growing substrates for years. The sell the trays with pellets in too. The list is endless. Plant pots are half the price too. There on par with eBay pricing. If you buy the coco slabs make sure you wash them thoroughly. Pillow case in the bath does me good.

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I was potting up my clones yesterday into 5gal(us) cloth pots, I ran out of coco so ended up only 2 3rds full, so you pointing out that wilko has it is a god send. Just been down and picked up 80lts and it fits perfect into a carrier bag. Since I recycle mine, that on top of the 150ltrs+ I have in use will last me the rest of the year.. Awesome.

lol... be warned when washing the coco. first time i threw 4 of the 4£ slabs into my bathtub without pillow cases, my bathtub nearly overflowed with coco by the time i got back from another round of shopping. was a nightmare trying to squeeze it all out. i highly recommend doing 1 slab at a time.

and kudos on the recycling!! as an organic grower myself its part of what diverted me to coco. aslong as you can keep it clean and disease free, you can keep on using it until it literally becomes dust.
ive yet to reach that stage and have been advised to not let the coco dry out too much so that it becomes that brittle to turn to dust. (dont know whether this be true)

Also, anything like this of garden supply wise from wilkos purchase within the next month, i bought out my local wilko of perlite an coco, when i returned last week they had to search upstairs for more for me saying that they arnt restocking as the growing season is mainly in full swing by now. i stormed off with what i could get muttering 'growing season aint over for f##kin everyone though is it'

Swims_GD said:

lol... be warned when washing the coco. first time i threw 4 of the 4£ slabs into my bathtub without pillow cases, my bathtub nearly overflowed with coco by the time i got back from another round of shopping. was a nightmare trying to squeeze it all out. i highly recommend doing 1 slab at a time.

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Haha that what I did the only other time I used coco in blocks which I bought off ebay years ago. Took me ages to unblock the bath and I'm pretty sure the drains only function at half capacity 7 years on!! I swore I wouldn't use block again but at this price and been easy to conceal/carry home I thinks it out weighs the hassle of the wash.

I have been growing in coco for about 7 years, some of mine will be that old, but I did have a massive chuck out about 4 years ago when I had to, or thought I had to use GH ripen pre going to USA on holiday, I reused the coco after and caused hermies in my perpetual set up. I threw any that had a risk of having ripen in contact away. Still though most of what I have now is probably 4 years old. Not seeing any disadvantages yet, although its finer than when I bought it. I add perlite and started adding yukka as a wetting agent to be sure it wasn't hydrophobic.
Oh I also learned the hard way... Never use ripen. The say you do learn from mistakes, that was a tough lesson.

Swims_GD said:

YouTube is your best friend in the world of cannabis.

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ROTFLMAO!!!

Believe me I studied all the cloning videos...I must be doing some of it right. I get 85% to take.

YOU ALL NEED TO LEARN THE OLD SCHOOL WAY!

I take my cuttings from low on the plant. The higher you take them from, the more N they'll have. The more N they have, the longer they take to root.

Take a cup or what ever you'll use as a container to hold the cuttings. Pour in enough "Willow water" to have 2" of stem in the water.
Now simply place the cuttings in the water and set it away from direct light.
You want them to get indirect light only....not even a small cfl over them. Mine sit like 10 feet from the nearest light source in the veg room.

Because the cuttings are not in direct light, they are not trying to "grow", other then to maintain life and grow some roots.
The lower leaves will not yellow or age. It takes about 10 days and you place the rooted cutting into your soil - or what ever, and they take off like mad!

No dome's, no media's - just willow water and patience.

I never bothered to adjust the pH either. My waters about 7.0

youtube has always been my grow buddy, it taught me how to clone. i take them in 50-100 amounts and never have more than 10% fail, i take them from all over the plant too.

I've never bothered with ph either on clones. Here's just a small idea of what I do and still batting 100% success with an air pump and resivior. only using tap water, air, 99 cent airstones, and a resivior.