Thunder rolled through the sky as the doctor sneered mu ha ha ha ha.
Lighting struck and Clones were born!
You know, you don't have to be a mad scientist to clone a plant. But it helps.
Really, You can just drop them in a glass of water and set it on a window sill.
Sure it will take longer but it works. I've done it.
I like Rapid Rooter plugs but I think a bubbler will get better results.
This time around we are going to see both ways. Side by side.
Another thing, I hear people say the cutting has to be large 5 or 6 inches with two or three sets of leaves.
It really doesn't need to be that long to show you I have taken a few cuttings a little over an inch long.
We can watch them root and grow along with the others. Sure they will be smaller at first but I think they
will catch up in a few weeks.
The race is on!
First the cut. The first two nodes from the bottom (left and right) from each plant.
Before
After
(like I had to tell you that lol)
There, That's better. Now they are shaping up.
(I know, it looks like I didnt take anything)
OK Here is what we got. I like to use a shot glass because it its sturdy. Thats the train wreck in the right glass.
I took the TW with long stems and put them in the neoprene collars, cut the stems off at
the bottom of the 2" net pot so they were not in the water.
That was quick and easy.
Now for the rooter cubes.
Here is the smallest one.
Ya gotta split the cube so it touches inside.
I dip the end in clonex about 1/4" and plant.
I use the cap to dip the clones then wash it out.
There we go.
Now they go into there humidity dome. Well, a baking pan.
Found it best not to spray the plants themselves. When I have done that in the past they got real yellow and took longer to root.
What works for me is to mist the inside of the pan and the lid with water.
Check on it a few times a day. Maybe need to mist it once or twice.
I keep this up for about three days then water the cube. I see some leaf yellow a bit
then the new growth. Probably a week from now we will have plants.
In they go,
The air pump I have is big enough to run four bubbler's. Makes a hell of a racket though.
So I used a rubber bungee and hung it. I cant even hear it now.
I didn't have a dome for the bubbler but this worked before.
By the way, this is how I vented the compressor.
A priority mail box cut to fit 4" hole in back of cab and two 3" fans.
I didnt realise they had led lights in them. I got a speaker in front of them.
.
