Cloning Without Rooting Gel?

shagalicious

shagalicious

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i've actually had great success with suspending my plants in some hydrogen peroxide water

the hp quells mold and the plant generally makes roots right at the water line within about 12-18 days

i incorporated the starter plugs and it sped up to about 5-12 days

pretty amazing, really - the plugs are a great mold sink too - it stays on the outside lol
 
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doser

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Don Gin and Ton said:
To make rooting hormone soak the yellow-tipped shoots of a weeping willow tree in water. A tea made from the bark of a willow tree is also effective. When using the shoots or bark soak them for 24 hours prior to using.

its the salicin (basis of aspirin, and also found in meadowsweet) from the willow which has the beneficial effect. Adding a soluble aspirin to the watering can when watering new sown seeds also allegedly improves seed germination.

i heard it from a pal that grows ( he's a cheapskate ) and found the above info on other veg growing sites. seems legit tho ive not tried it
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If ya wanna make a hormone.........................poke er in the eye
 
jimmy5800

jimmy5800

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wait till your plant is 2months old and over this way she will heal quicker. if your only doin a small op then two cuttings just before you put her into flower from the bottom of the plant as the hormone you want is in the oldest part of her.
 
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Smorg

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Ledhed said:
The old florist trick of dropping an aspirin or two in vases to keep roses, carnations, etc alive and fresh looking longer works almost the same for cloning. The major difference is the cut angle. Florist flowers kept in water with an aspirin or two a week sometimes will actually develop root structure, and a plant being a plant, in theory it should work, especially because marijuana is really a strong plant, it IS a weed afterall.I'm currently trying a clone in just water in a cup, been going for about 6 days now, no sign of roots yet, but the leaves are still upright with nice color and even what looks like very small new growth. Still no sign of root structure yet though, so I'm guessing it may work.
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Cannabis is NOT a weed, it's a herb. Just FYI and everyone else's.
 
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Smorg

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And thanks for the info pertaining to asiprin improving rooting and germination. I knew aspirin was derived from the willow tree bark but would never have known that aspirin is beneficial to other species of plants. I do wonder why that is the case.
 
dvs1038

dvs1038

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1st wanted to say thanx for this posting glad I'm not the only cheap MoFo that won't pay for rooting gel, and from what I've read there are a few different methods, anyways I wanted to ask since to start roots on a cutting has anyone tried combining methods like say some water with hydrogen peroxide and aspirin, or would that just be over-kill? Or maybe I'm just thinking too much since I just took a bong rip.
 
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will2568

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jimmy5800 said:
I give my little twin a good suck at the cut angle when moving quickly from Plant to water in a cup then just leave it on the window sill at a window with minimum light you can of course lightly scrape the bottom inch of your clone with a clean razor to help it make the cell change and also split the stem about quarter to half a cm length ways up the stem and both will help with cell change to encourage rooting. so a clone a cup of water and a bit of time will work for rooting clones, the so called poor mans cloning effort i dont see it this way i have 1 hundred percent success rooting this way. you can also clone in soil without gel or powder but id advise the scraping with this technique. sucking the end of the cutting with a gob of spit will solve the embolism (air bubble in the stem problem) dont be scared its a female haha, i do this every time it wont harm the clone and like i said it solves the embolism if the clone manages to obtain the air, clone clone and clone again, its the way forward.
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Spit is good if you want your cuttings to die of a bacterial infection before they even root.
 
RIKNSTEIN

RIKNSTEIN

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Wow guys it's all really preference. Me I'm a cheap mofo too :bigjoint: but, I still spend 10 bucks on rooting powder and a jiffy garden....

Bontone Rooting Powder from Homedepot..5 bucks
Jiffy Garden from Walmart...5 bucks
happy healthy clones in 9 days.....011.jpg11(1).jpg024.jpg....priceless :hump:
 
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mfajen22

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I saw a video on youtube and the guy uses a jar of honey instead of rooting gel and it worked just as well. I think the video was called "save money, use honey"
 
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Smithrunion530

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Ledhed said:
The old florist trick of dropping an aspirin or two in vases to keep roses, carnations, etc alive and fresh looking longer works almost the same for cloning. The major difference is the cut angle. Florist flowers kept in water with an aspirin or two a week sometimes will actually develop root structure, and a plant being a plant, in theory it should work, especially because marijuana is really a strong plant, it IS a weed afterall.I'm currently trying a clone in just water in a cup, been going for about 6 days now, no sign of roots yet, but the leaves are still upright with nice color and even what looks like very small new growth. Still no sign of root structure yet though, so I'm guessing it may work.
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All you need to do buddy is cut your clone off at a 45 degree angle skin the bottom inch of the branch you took off, put it in your soil and keep it damp at all times until it roots then you can water it regularly. Works for me...
 
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