How to keep clone alive while other plants bud (ONE grow closet)

Hi guys this I just registered a few minutes ago

I'm planning on getting a SuperBox next year.
Since I only have one grow closet, how/where should I keep the clones alive while the main plants complete the flowering stage?

If it's spring or not to hot you can stick em in a dome outside in the shade, but outside of that you really need a second box or at least, a CFL. You don't have to setup an elaborate grow cab or anything for the cuttings, but they need mild light, moisture and air circulation like any other plant.

I'm no fan of domes personally, even though the leaves don't do a heap of growing while the plant is rooting, a light breeze at least is essential to prevent mould and clear the leave-surface allowing it to breathe. Humidity domes stop this happening, and are generallly more of a pain in the arse than they're of benefit.

Edit: How dry your air is will determine whether a dome will be bad or good for your cuttings, if you're in some super-low humidity summer heat, a dome of some kind will be of benefit, but, if the air isn't too dry, then they'll be the death of the cuttings.

Give it water and put it under light!

Dribbles said:

If it's spring or not to hot you can stick em in a dome outside in the shade, but outside of that you really need a second box or at least, a CFL. You don't have to setup an elaborate grow cab or anything for the cuttings, but they need mild light, moisture and air circulation like any other plant.

I'm no fan of domes personally, even though the leaves don't do a heap of growing while the plant is rooting, a light breeze at least is essential to prevent mould and clear the leave-surface allowing it to breathe. Humidity domes stop this happening, and are generallly more of a pain in the arse than they're of benefit.

Edit: How dry your air is will determine whether a dome will be bad or good for your cuttings, if you're in some super-low humidity summer heat, a dome of some kind will be of benefit, but, if the air isn't too dry, then they'll be the death of the cuttings.

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How do you clone without a dome?

Thanks for the help!

Put them in closet with flowering plants, when light goes off put them in another room under ambient light so they won't flower.

I never use a dome. Spray under and tops of leaves with antiwilt and stick them in some moist medium.

ProdigalSun said:

How do you clone without a dome?

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Ziplock bag over solo cup. Make the cutting, make a 45 degree slice on the cut part of the stem about half an inch if you can and then if you want add rooting powder. Then stick it in the media pretty well watered but not mud. And bag it. Give it a week and then GENTLYYYY tug the top leaves up a big and it should feel rooted. If not just give it a few more days.

ProdigalSun said:

How do you clone without a dome?

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Domes are designed to keep the cutting from drying out, by providing already moist air. If the cuttings aren't at risk of drying out *without* a dome, then using one simply increases the risk of mould and mildew without any benefit to the clone. Also, all plants have a micro-climate on their leaf surface that needs to be exposed to ventilation to properly "breath" or transpire: sticking a humidity-trap over them means no air-flow to the leaves at all. I'll take fresh, cool, slightly drier air over warm, moist, stagnant air any day.

I've never used a dome or zip-lock, and never had any issue with clones wilting: The air is never really lower than 30% so why risk mildew for no real gain?

I sometimes spray them if I feel bothered to do it, but not always, even that doesn't seem to show any real benefit.

Though, as i said, if I lived in the desert or some super-low humidity environment, I might consider using a dome.

Edit: Tell a lie, I did use a dome once. I just stuck em in it and two days later almost all the cuttings leaves had turned black as tea, and they all died soon after. First and last time I bothered with that shit

Why not put a 1" 12v microfan in the dome?

Well if it's sucking air in it's no longer a humidity dome, but a grow box, and if it's sealed in the box, then it's blowing the same stale air on the clones all day anyway.