Can I chop cuttings off a plant, put in water and do the rest later on?

Sueet said:
This is actually pretty important. Not necessarily the size, but the condition of the plant. Younger plant material roots more easily. The more woody it gets, the more difficult it becomes.
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Any idea when it is best is to take cuttings?, as in how many nodes or how old a plant before it's best to take cuttings?
 
Phillybonker said:
How do you know when the roots are 1/2" if the roots are in perlite?



I'm not familar with hempy cups but I assume that is a larger cup?



Do you think if I transplanted into a cup with seed starter soil or potting mix that would work as well?, it's just that I got to eventually transplant into the ground and soil stays together in a cup shape when it comes out of it's cup, where else perlite I'd imagine will fall away leaving only the roots.




What do you feed your clones? And would worm casting be all good? I've got plenty of that left
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the roots are in a coffee cup of water until about a 1/2" then transplanted into a hempy cup. I don't use soil...sorry
 
Phillybonker said:
Any idea when it is best is to take cuttings?, as in how many nodes or how old a plant before it's best to take cuttings?
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I don't think the age of the plant is relevant, it is the age of the branch itself. The softer fresher growth roots easier. If you want to be more sure of success get yourself some rooting powder (or gel). Even old branches have 'new growth' on them usually, just depends on where you cut.
 
Phillybonker said:
Yeah I came across a post on Reddit today that had a guy that roots clones in nothing but water.

But what I was really getting at is whether I can whack the cuttings off the plant and do the rest in 2 - 3 hours when I get home, or does everything have to be done as soon as the cuttings are taken from the plant?
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Ive been propping clones in nothing but water and an airstone for a decade now. I have a 99% success rate, even flowering branches will root.

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Phillybonker said:
How long does it take before the clones show roots and how often do you change the water?
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Ideally I try to change the water daily but more realistically every 2 or 3 days, the airstone helps alot with keeping the water from going bad sooner then without it, but you still don't really want it to sit in the same water for more then 2 or 3 days. The airstone causes alot of evaporation though so sometimes there's not much water left, I just dump it into one of my vegging plants and fill up new water.

Some people swear you have to pH the water but in my experience, it's made no difference when i used my tap water (pH around 7 to 7.5) and pH'ed water (6.0) for cloning.

You should see roots in 7 to 10 days, sometimes it takes longer depending in the health of the mother plant.

I use to root in just a cup of water but I find the airstone makes a huge difference in how quickly roots start to grow, the airstone also helps the roots develop alot quicker once they start growing.
 
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