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PizzaMan5000

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Jiffy pods work ok, I think you just need to quit spraying foliage.

I only spray for the first day or two. After that, I water the medium and spray the dome. I have rot, mites, damping if I spray them directly after a day or two.
 

Tracker

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I use rooting plugs, the spongy brown ones. Ive used several brand names, all with same success rate. I put them on a tray with 7" tall plastic dome and heating pad underneath, set to 75F. I prep the plugs with a very light 1/4 strength veg nutrient mix and squeeze out the excess. Dip clones in rooting gel or aloe vera squeezed from a plant I have. Mist them once when I first put them in the plugs and then maybe one more time in another week if theyre nit looking perky. After about 10 or 12 days I usually see first roots. Then, when hardening them off I give them some time with no dome and a little stronger light, increasing the time daily. When hardening, I mist if they look sad. I get near 100% success.

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Original StinkyG

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Hello, right few questions. What's your entire process or was that it you stated in thread starter ?!? If that is entire process then your missing a few little bits ! Do you make sure no water is just sat around ? Do you wipe lid clean and dry every day before spraying 1st time ? These 2 things are essential ! Make sure before you start, BEFORE you start that the plug of whatever description is wet then squeeze out excess moisture. Most new people to cuttings get the medium too wet ! Always squeeze it out ! Cannot do this when already put clone/seedling in medium as if there are roots you will break them !! Keep warm, not hot, warm.
 

Original StinkyG

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Once you get it down, you will get 100% success rate and wonder what was I thinking this is so easy. You can practice on a leaf you know ! Cut the leaf off leaving as much stork on the leaf as you can and cut like normal, diagonal cut , place in hormone powder or gel, gel is better ! Or put gel directly in hole of cube, place stork making sure well covered in gel, into hole until it stops and your done. Electric propagator s are easier and success rates go right up.
 

cjuneau1

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There are many techniques for successful cloning. The hardest part is finding what works for you, and most people get to their own method through trial and error.

I put mine in cups of water in a tiny tent under a blurple with a crate over the plants (to cut down on light without sending the cuttings into flower). I use little cutout cardboard flats to hold the cuttings so they don't curl in the cups. The temp swings between 65dF and 75dF, based on the lighting schedule, and I keep the humidity around 90% RH.

Two weeks later, I put them in soil.

This method works for me. Perhaps you can take some part of it, perhaps not. Cloning takes practice.

Again, it's common for completely different techniques to work well. I hope you find yours. Cloning is awesome. :eyesmoke:
Thank you for your thorough response! I googled the water rooting method and it seemed way too complicated with all the stuff you have to add. I have one successful clone right now which is a couple weeks into flowering. This one I didn't use any rooting gel and all I did was cut it and place it in Miracle Gro potting mix. I think MG might be better than the FFOF I use now for rooting clones because I've had no success with FFOF. I'm wondering if I would be better off abandoning this clone in the Jiffy pot and taking a new cutting with the diagonal cut. It would take longer since the mother is in flowering now. I don't know if it will survive until Monday when the rock wool gets here.
 

ilovereggae

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I've used the rapid rooters w/ clonex for w long time. have more success in a smaller tray w 2" dome I guess bc its easier to maintain the high humidity. 90% success rate that way.

recently decided to try to eliminate those 2 items from my supplies list. my last round of clones I did half my old way, and half with just some soil in a tiny planting cup, dipped the cutting into fresh aloe gel just cut from plant (same way j would use clonex) and planted directly into dirt. had slightly higher success w dirt method vs rooters!

here's after 8 days in the dome. sprayed w fresh water a couple times to exchange air and keep RH up.

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cjuneau1

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Hello, right few questions. What's your entire process or was that it you stated in thread starter ?!? If that is entire process then your missing a few little bits ! Do you make sure no water is just sat around ? Do you wipe lid clean and dry every day before spraying 1st time ? These 2 things are essential ! Make sure before you start, BEFORE you start that the plug of whatever description is wet then squeeze out excess moisture. Most new people to cuttings get the medium too wet ! Always squeeze it out ! Cannot do this when already put clone/seedling in medium as if there are roots you will break them !! Keep warm, not hot, warm.
I only spray the plant not the Jiffy pot itself. I did not wipe the lid before spraying. I'm going to try rock wool cubes when they get here.
 

cjuneau1

Active Member
I've used the rapid rooters w/ clonex for w long time. have more success in a smaller tray w 2" dome I guess bc its easier to maintain the high humidity. 90% success rate that way.

recently decided to try to eliminate those 2 items from my supplies list. my last round of clones I did half my old way, and half with just some soil in a tiny planting cup, dipped the cutting into fresh aloe gel just cut from plant (same way j would use clonex) and planted directly into dirt. had slightly higher success w dirt method vs rooters!

here's after 8 days in the dome. sprayed w fresh water a couple times to exchange air and keep RH up.

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Wow that is a very healthy looking clone.
 

ilovereggae

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Wow that is a very healthy looking clone.
that was from a plant I topped hard, so it was pretty healthy when I took it. but all the ones I took from lowers rooted this way too. not quite ready to put my full faith in this method prob take 1 or 2 clones the old way to be safe next time but prob do 25% rooters 75% dirt next round and if I can keep my numbers up eventually use the dirt only method exclusively.
 
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