CLONING MADE EASY, a pictorial guide. - Page 2

mayan · 11-02-2008, 09:58 PM

Thanks so much for this...I'm contemplating clones next time out and this is very inspiring indeed. This should go in the FAQ or someplace safe and accessible.

swordfish · 11-02-2008, 10:16 PM

Just came from Clone Mart around the corner from Home Depot.

Had to bump them up when I got them home

**Lou Cypher** · 11-02-2008, 11:12 PM

EZ, thanks, much respect my friend.

Freak, I keep my clones in the veg room, and I run the lights 18/6.
With lights ON my temp is at 90F with RH at 55% and the 6 hrs that the lights are OFF the temp drops to 82F with RH at 70%.
My clone tub though retains humidity at 90%
So far it seems to me that temps lower than 78F slows down the clones from rooting by at least a week.
Also I have noticed that if a clone goes more than a week with out growing some kind of a root mass, the leaves yellow and die.
IMO, people who live at cold environments, instead of using a heating pad to warm the bottom of their cloning tub, they should try to raise the temp in the room with a space heater or something.

mayan, thanks for the compliments buddy.
I hope you do try cloning your favorite plants, it's a great way of preserving a strain or running a perpetual grow for your self year round.

I don't know if this thread is worth going to the FAQ's, there are so may good informative thread in there already, but as long as it helps at least one grower, it serve it's purpose.

swordfish, I see you went to the club for clones again.

I wish these people though, they start putting their clones in black bags, not clear, and stop exposing the plants roots to the light.

Look at them in the second pick, they don't look too happy, poor things.

swordfish · 11-03-2008, 10:33 PM

There is know edit icon in bot right area?, otherwise please delete. Gave it a try, cant find the function. I will reduce my formats next time.

**Lou Cypher** · 11-07-2008, 06:30 PM

OK, now that we have most of the Q's on basic cloning answered, let's move on, to the second part of this Guide.

Taking a clone from a re-veg mother plant.

Picks: 1,2,3
We begin with harvesting couple females
<red circles represent where the colas were harvested>

Picks: 4,5,6
vegetate them for few weeks
< these ones were vegged for 6 weeks>

Now that we have our moms full of grown clones, let's try to pick the ones that have 5 nodes.

Pick: 7
Large yellow circle is, where the plant started re-vegging
smaller circles shows where the plant was cloned previously
and the yellow lines shows where the next clones will be taken.

Pick: 8
Once the clone has 5 nodes in it's own brunch is ready to be taken.
One node will stay on the plant so it can reproduce, and one will be cut off the clone.

Pick: 9
By taking clones continuously and leaving one node from each, you'll end up with a nice bushy mom that produces plenty of clones.

Well I hope that helped you a bit, for when the time comes to clone some of your re-veg plants.

Chapter III
coming soon

seaman · 11-07-2008, 08:58 PM

Hey lou. Im new to cloning and love your guide. I took 4 clones from a mama plant about 6 days ago and after noticing no roots I pulled them out of the soil and found that no roots were developing at all on either of the 4. How important is it to dip the clone in water and than the powder ? I may have had it in water and than in my hands to trim and what not, and than dipped it in powder. Would that have made a difference ?

**Lou Cypher** · 11-07-2008, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by seaman

Hey lou. How important is it to dip the clone in water and than the powder ? I may have had it in water and than in my hands to trim and what not, and than dipped it in powder. Would that have made a difference ?

seaman, yes it is very important.
What happened to your clone is, it took air through the stem and the core sealed it self.

As soon as you cut the clone from the mom, trim it too, then dip in water and immediately in powder.
It has to be wet for the powder to coat the stem.
Make sure you have a good white ball of powder stuck to it.

If your clones are long enough you can re-cut them and plant them again.
Is the leaves still green?

seaman · 11-08-2008, 04:27 AM

They were all recut last night and dipped so hopefully this will get them. The leaves are still nice and green looking No sign of dying.

Is there anything I should keep my eye out for so I can tell whther I didnt get air or not ? Or do I have to wait it out ?

Also, your getting an insane amount of roots at 4 days ? Should I expect to see the same if I do it right or is that a fast cloning strain yo ahve there ?

nigel · 11-08-2008, 05:40 AM

Thanks Lou Cypher. got my plastic tub and soil today, bent children over to encourage laterals; another node or two and thanks to your advice, can start cloning. much appreciated nigel

**Lou Cypher** · 11-08-2008, 03:37 PM

seaman, leaves are green, new cut & dip, Yes I don't see a reason for them to not grab root.

Knowing if you have air in the stem it's simple.
After you place the clone inside the dome, spray them once.
Do not open the dome for 48 hrs, regardless what you see inside.
After the time is up, open the dome for 5 min's once a day, but do NOT spray them even if they're wilting a bit.

Let the stem look for moisture.
The leaves survive on the RH build up inside the tub.
In 7 days, if you don't have root showing, most likely your stem its closed, leaves will start yellowing, and it will start wilting.

Most will spray & spray water trying to keep the leaves from dying, it doesn't help much.
If the clone don't have roots in a week, is time to re cut and try again.
Healthy clones in a high humidity dome should start building roots on the second day.

The mistake, most growers do is keep opening the damn dome, not realizing will take 12 hrs to build RH at 90%, so here you lost half a day times cause had no patients.

Now here are some tips that I noticed that I do right.
My clones must have 3/16" thickness minimum
at least 4 nodes & a top
I stick the stem 3" inside the solo cups, thus the roots are more in the bottom.

Another thing, when you cut that first node (leaf) of the clone, that part has to be powdered too and it has to be inside the soil.
If not, is sucking air.
The reason that I cut that leaf is, to encourage roots to grow from there too.

Remember a plant will & can grab roots from any part of its "body",..... if you lay it sideways and pour dirt over half the stem, in no time at all you'll have roots growing. (No cloning Powder needed,

)

Nature, man, the need to survive, amazing thing.
Good luck with your babys.

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