Cloning

hey, i have a question for ya'll guys who can help me out here...I have a plant that i want take cuttings from to clone...can someone please help me out on how to plant the clones...all i have so far is a container of Shultz Root Hormones..I tried reading the growFAQ but its too confusing. pictures or advice would help very much... thanks, really apreciate it

anyone please help

What do you mean how to plant them? Right after you have made the cut?

I guess you mean, what do you do after you cut the clone. Dip the bottom of the cutting into the rooting hormone and stick the cutting about an inch or so into a bucket of dirt or whatever medium you want. I always used vermiculite or rockwool. Stick the planted cuttings under some flourescent lamps and in a couple weeks, they should be full of roots. Also, keep them watered.

That is all explained in detail with pics in FAQ. So I don't know what this person is talking about.

Hey Mogie/other Rollitup users i found this thread and i have been reading up on cloning and i still dont have 100% confidence in myself to do the right thing whilst taking the cuttings the thing im stuck on is how to spot a cutting cause whenever i take a cutting it just does not look right could you please post a few pictures even if they are simple and made from ms paint

Thanks

Does this help at all?

Cut off the main growing tip by making a 45 degree cut through the main stem just above a node and prepare it as you normally would.

Cut up the remainder of the branch by making a succession of cuts through the nodes at 45 degree angles. You will end up with a bunch of short stems with a 45 degree cut at the top and the bottom, and a leaf and growing tip near the upper edge of the top cut.





If the cutting is too long to fit entirely inside your cloning medium, trim the bottom end of the cutting.






Holding the cutting by the leaf stem (petiole), scrape away some of the outer layer of the stem tissue to expose some phloem (the white tissue underneath). Dip the whole stem into your cloning gel or rooting hormone, be sure to cover both the bottom and the top cuts. Avoid getting any on the growing tip.



Insert the stem into the cloning medium, you may need to open up the hole in the rockwool or latex plug a bit first.










Use a sterile tool (a chopstick, q-tip stem, etc) to push on the top of the stem to push it inside the cloning medium. The leaf may tilt up as the stem goes inside the medium.

For those of us who like to play in the dirt, this is a very simple method of cloning, it has a high success rate, and anyone can do it with a little practice.

Items needed:

1. A container of warm water. (Make sure you are using water with a neutral Ph 7.0 (I like reverse osmosis filters -- keeps the water clean and they're not too expensive).

2. A pair of sharp scissors.

3. A clean razor blade.

4. Rooting powder or gel.

5. Jiffy expandable peat pots -- another member tells me he prefers Rapid Rooters ?- choose what works for you.

6. 10 oz. plastic cups (I use the clear ones so I can view root development and transplant without delay).

7. Scotch tape.

8. A toothpick or small nail.

9. A healthy plant with viable clone sites.

Organize everything beforehand.



Place the expandable peat pots into your 7.0ph warm water until they fully expand. Before completely removing each one, gently squeeze the peat pot above your container to remove the excess water.


Pick out where you want to take your clone from (I like to take clones that are at least two inches long) and snip it off with your scissors.



Remove the extra leaves until you have a little 'tree' -- the lower branch shown will be removed.



Make a 45-degree angle cut at the base of your cutting, dip it in the water, and then into your rooting hormone.



Using a toothpick or small nail, make a small hole in the centre of the peat-pot, no more than 1? deep.



Gently, but firmly, Insert your dipped cutting into the peat pot until you feel resistance (make sure that you seat the clone as far down as it will go) and Pack the sides of the medium firmly around the base of your clone.



Put the peat-pot and new clone into a clear plastic 10 oz. Cup. Use another (fix with your scotch tape) as the lid and it can join its sisters under the flouros. I have a couple of rectangular clone domes, but I rarely take that many at once. Using the individual cups allows you to take clones as you need them -- of course, this won't apply to commercial growers.

It appears peat-pots aren't for everyone; some growers don't like them. I do, they hold moisture until your clones root and once the clones are rooted, you can easily transplant to your next container. I like the clear cups because clones root at different times, the cups let me see the new roots as soon as they appear so I can transplant without delay and the top cup acts as a humidity dome.



Marked, and labelled with the date I cloned it, I'll start to check for roots on day 8/9. Some of them may take as long as ten days but unless they wilt and fall over (if this happens increase humidity by misting the foliage) don't worry. Yellowing of the leaf tips is common due to the plant using lots of energy to form new roots.

Awesome Mogie ! Great pics. I am planning on attempting (key word) to clone in the morning and still had a few concerns. The pics cleared it all up for me! Glad someone else asked the obvious for me!~ ha!

i always get the feelin sum1 is followin me, maybe it is myself cloned but a few seconds behind, thats why u have deja vu