Cloning?

oldleave53

oldleave53

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This is my first time using an aeroponic cloner and I have had quite a time trying to dial in the temps, but I finally got it. Now that being said all my cuttings are rooting and my next question is what is the right time to put into soil (root length)?
 
haole420

haole420

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i think earlier is better. when i grew in soil, i'd transplant them as soon as i saw a handful of root nubbins fully emerged from the stem. the longer you wait, the more the roots will be adapted to your aero cloner environment and the more stressful a transplant to soil will be. that said, i once transplanted a pair of two-month old mothers from DWC to soil. one died and one made it, but after nearly dying and taking another full month to recover.

since soil is more forgiving, the sooner you get them in a rich soil enviornment with bennies, the better. the longer you leave them in the cloner, the more you're exposing them to risk of infection, system failure, or something else going wrong. aero might make roots grow like crazy, but if your ultimate goal is to put them in soil, why grow perfect, fuzzy aero roots when you're just going to damage most of them when you pack them in soil? i'd rather let them grow and get fuzzy in soil from early on so i won't have to disturb the roots.
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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haole420 said:
i think earlier is better. when i grew in soil, i'd transplant them as soon as i saw a handful of root nubbins fully emerged from the stem. the longer you wait, the more the roots will be adapted to your aero cloner environment and the more stressful a transplant to soil will be. that said, i once transplanted a pair of two-month old mothers from DWC to soil. one died and one made it, but after nearly dying and taking another full month to recover.

since soil is more forgiving, the sooner you get them in a rich soil enviornment with bennies, the better. the longer you leave them in the cloner, the more you're exposing them to risk of infection, system failure, or something else going wrong. aero might make roots grow like crazy, but if your ultimate goal is to put them in soil, why grow perfect, fuzzy aero roots when you're just going to damage most of them when you pack them in soil? i'd rather let them grow and get fuzzy in soil from early on so i won't have to disturb the roots.
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i agree 100%.. great post imo... i just did a round of clones in a daisy cloner (aero) and i had some really great roots going, probably should have transplanted them sooner, but was handing some off.. when that day arrived, i went to check on them and the effin thing rain low on water and like half of those suckers were doa..
i took a new round of clones and everything was going fine, then the sprayer took a dump on me and i nearly lost another round, except i had been watching them like a hawk after the last episode, so i caught it right away and saved them.. :D
 
oldleave53

oldleave53

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haole420 said:
i think earlier is better. when i grew in soil, i'd transplant them as soon as i saw a handful of root nubbins fully emerged from the stem. the longer you wait, the more the roots will be adapted to your aero cloner environment and the more stressful a transplant to soil will be. that said, i once transplanted a pair of two-month old mothers from DWC to soil. one died and one made it, but after nearly dying and taking another full month to recover.

since soil is more forgiving, the sooner you get them in a rich soil enviornment with bennies, the better. the longer you leave them in the cloner, the more you're exposing them to risk of infection, system failure, or something else going wrong. aero might make roots grow like crazy, but if your ultimate goal is to put them in soil, why grow perfect, fuzzy aero roots when you're just going to damage most of them when you pack them in soil? i'd rather let them grow and get fuzzy in soil from early on so i won't have to disturb the roots.
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I have heard that if you wait to long then its not such a good thing, I watched a few vids on youtube but I wanted to get a few opinions and see what I got. Thanks for the info.
 
dante76

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i grew my first clones in grow plugs. I thought this would be an ideal transition to coco with limited root stress. as soon as i see them poking out of the plug i stick in coco. The longer they are, the more stress it will experience in transplant. I'd rather see long roots grown into final medium rather than growing long roots b4 transplanting
 
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MrMeanGreen

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I beg to differ. I did a side by side comparison. 12 with about 1 inch of root and 12 with approx 5 inches of root (touching the res). All clones from the same mother and similar size. All into 1L pots and vegged under 600w hps for 1 week. Gave them all plain water with superthrive. The plants with bigger roots were double the size and the Roots were thick. The smaller rooted plants were all half the size and the roots seem to be just finding there way. Just sayin.
 
dante76

dante76

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good to hear of the success. i think your superthriving was definitely helpful. that stuff really is gooood.
 
oldleave53

oldleave53

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dante76 said:
i grew my first clones in grow plugs. I thought this would be an ideal transition to coco with limited root stress. as soon as i see them poking out of the plug i stick in coco. The longer they are, the more stress it will experience in transplant. I'd rather see long roots grown into final medium rather than growing long roots b4 transplanting
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Thanks man.... I went to several other sites and lots of friends say the same as you do. No long roots. But like you see, some people do other things. Once again thanks for the good info.
 
dante76

dante76

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I think the key to this is using superthrive. I use it throughout the life cycle but its incredible with reducing plant stress in transplanting
 
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