Using pearlite as a medium for clones?

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Bigwilly428

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Mar 30, 2012

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anyone have experience with this? will the clones take root properly? i use pearlite now as a medium in DWC but i have no experience cloning. any help is great help!

 

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Bigwilly428

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Mar 30, 2012

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201 people can look but not reply?

 

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mr.greene

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Mar 30, 2012

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Bigwilly428 said:

201 people can look but not reply?

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so why dont you? lol

 

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irieie

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Mar 30, 2012

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It will work. Most people use coco now instead for a number of reasons. What you are talking about is the hempy method which has been pretty much replaced by coco because of price effectivity and overall ease of use. The best medium in my experiences for rooting cutting though is rockwool.

 

shnkrmn

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Mar 30, 2012

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I've done it. The surface of the perlite tends to remain moist enough to eventually grow green algae, but cuttings root pretty well in it and they are easy to uproot for transplant.

Edit: I too prefer rockwool for cloning.

 

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Bigwilly428

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Mar 31, 2012

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do i have to have a root stimulant or will it happen naturally?

 

UncleBuck

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Mar 31, 2012

• #7

i've used perlite too, it works. best to use a rooting hormone, yes.

 

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irieie

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Mar 31, 2012

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Bigwilly428 said:

do i have to have a root stimulant or will it happen naturally?

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Using a hormone will reduce rooting time and increase success rates.

 

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yeti5508

Active Member

Mar 31, 2012

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Never used but have read vermiculite/pearlite mixture works best...(from one book) but it showed perlite by itself and the roots didnt take off nearly as much.....

BUT!!!!!! just incase your as lazy as the rest on america http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rooting+cuttings+in+pearlite

EDIT:made me spell perlite wrong..