Here we can check out my success rate in this round of cloning. This is a process I use but usually forget something along the way in doing so and mess up so lets hope I get nearly 100%.
For this I am doing 2 clones off each seed plant from the contest.
Afterglow, gelato, Durban Thai x c99, and cocoa nibbles. I am also doing a tray of LBeezys to see how I can do.
First I take some cuts, preferably plenty extra
Next I trim each cut up by removing all lower nodes and trimming the leaves back to reduce the plants desire for photosynthesis and focus it to rooting. Most I trim more but sometimes I leave extra I find it not to matter much.
Next I ready my clone solution. I use distilled water and add clone x clone solution til I reach between 350 and 400 ppms
Next I pH the water to roughly 6.0. It started slightly above 5 as you can see so I brought it up best I could without trying to lower it back down, ended up at 6.2 which should be ok.
Next I ready my jiffy peat pellets. 6 bucks for a 36 pack at the local hardware store. I then soak them on a container with the clone solution water I just made up.
While that is soaking I ready my clone x gel for dipping. I use an old jar I got some wax in and pour some gel into it, I never dip directly into the bottle. I've read clone x once activated only lasts around 20 minutes. So I pour my little jug full and this is when I make my angled cuts on the plant stem and also scrape a fine layer back about a half inch up the stem
Next they get dipped 2 to 4 at a time. I used the stems of the others as a brush to paint the gel all up around the stem nice evenly.
I plug them into their peat pellets but 1 thing I have a hard time picturing here is me squeezing some of the water out of the pellets and when I feel is enough. So when you plug a cut into a soggy peat pellets it wallows a hole and just loosely flops around in there. It's TOO MOIST!!! (like your mom). Give it a squeeze until you can firm up the plug around the stem. Don't be gentle just mash it enough so the stem and plant are firmly in there. It hasn't thrown roots yet so nothing will get hurt in being rough just don't break the stem.
Place the clones in their slot on the tray. This is my method currently which if they fall over can ruin a chance of knowing which is which
Finished up the rest the following day so I checked the pH on the clone solution I had mixed up as my pellets had sort of dried overnight. It drifted back down toward 6 so I'm gonna go ahead and re-soak the pellets.
Here is the tray of LBeezys...
Last I mist the dome and close the vents to hold everything in...throw a hygrometer in there and try to hit between 85-95% humidity at around 70-74F. I wipe down the dome daily and add new spray to the walls. I don't really spray the plants directly although I do check the pellets every day and spray them if they get too dry.
Allow 10 to 14 days for roots to form. So I should realize success a week after my other tent is harvested. Hope this helps someone (hope it works lol
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lmfao, 100% trying this
