justcurious70
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I wound up with 4 males out of the 6 I had, so I decided to take some clones from one of the girls, even though this is my first grow.
I hope my method works and welcome your comments or suggestions!
Here's what I did:
First, I boiled (in separate containers) some tap water, panty hose, and a soil mix that's a mixture of vermiculite, perlite, and sphagnum peat moss -- supposedly designed for rooting cuttings -- just to be sure everything was a sterile as possible.
Then I filled three glasses full of boiled tap water and put them in the flower room, to avoid temperature problems. Not sure if it matters, just seemed right.
Next, I dipped a scalpel in alcohol and cut 3 of the biggest lower branches at a 45 degree angle. I immediately put each one in a glass of water so that the top fan leaves were floating, and left them there for around 20 minutes before I started trimming the two sets of fan leaves on each, cutting a fresh 45 an inch below the last node, and splitting the end with a sterile scalpel. I made all of the cuts under water to avoid air problems.
I put the soil mixture in the toe of the pantyhose to make it just a little bigger than a golf ball, twisted it fairly tight, used a zip tie to secure it, and trimmed off the excess. On the side opposite the zip tie, I used an ice pick to make a hole about an inch deep in each.
Each cutting was placed into the pantyhose ball, while submerged. I scrubbed an old stryofoam egg carton used it to hold the cuttings. With the zip tie down, there's a little room for drainage.
Here they are about 40 minutes after cutting:
I put the egg carton on the lid from an 8 quart Rubbermaid container upside down on a heating pad about 2 feet away from my vegging area. The heating pad is on a timer and runs for 15 minutes every hour. With the top (bottom) on, it's stays nice and humid.
I've been venting the container every 8 hours or so for about 10 minutes. I'm not sure if that's too often or not enough, but they look pretty good to me so far... Here's a shot after 24 hours:
The mother had recently been tied down a little, which caused the bends. I'm guessing it's a good sign that they're straightening up and are still nice and green with no brown or dead spots.
I'm still not really sure where to go from here and welcome any feedback. What do you think? Is there any chance my ghetto setup will work?
Thanks!
I hope my method works and welcome your comments or suggestions!
Here's what I did:
First, I boiled (in separate containers) some tap water, panty hose, and a soil mix that's a mixture of vermiculite, perlite, and sphagnum peat moss -- supposedly designed for rooting cuttings -- just to be sure everything was a sterile as possible.
Then I filled three glasses full of boiled tap water and put them in the flower room, to avoid temperature problems. Not sure if it matters, just seemed right.
Next, I dipped a scalpel in alcohol and cut 3 of the biggest lower branches at a 45 degree angle. I immediately put each one in a glass of water so that the top fan leaves were floating, and left them there for around 20 minutes before I started trimming the two sets of fan leaves on each, cutting a fresh 45 an inch below the last node, and splitting the end with a sterile scalpel. I made all of the cuts under water to avoid air problems.
I put the soil mixture in the toe of the pantyhose to make it just a little bigger than a golf ball, twisted it fairly tight, used a zip tie to secure it, and trimmed off the excess. On the side opposite the zip tie, I used an ice pick to make a hole about an inch deep in each.
Each cutting was placed into the pantyhose ball, while submerged. I scrubbed an old stryofoam egg carton used it to hold the cuttings. With the zip tie down, there's a little room for drainage.
Here they are about 40 minutes after cutting:
I put the egg carton on the lid from an 8 quart Rubbermaid container upside down on a heating pad about 2 feet away from my vegging area. The heating pad is on a timer and runs for 15 minutes every hour. With the top (bottom) on, it's stays nice and humid.
I've been venting the container every 8 hours or so for about 10 minutes. I'm not sure if that's too often or not enough, but they look pretty good to me so far... Here's a shot after 24 hours:
The mother had recently been tied down a little, which caused the bends. I'm guessing it's a good sign that they're straightening up and are still nice and green with no brown or dead spots.
I'm still not really sure where to go from here and welcome any feedback. What do you think? Is there any chance my ghetto setup will work?
Thanks!
u should have some sort of ventilation always, whatever u use, there should be vent holes in it. r u misting them? u should misting the leaves about 3x a day & the top of the dome. but looking good.
