I need help cloning

joedaddy805

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Well i'm about to try cloning for the last time. I have an ezclone system but i can't seem to get it to work. I guess i really suck at cloning cause they say 100% success. I'm at 100% failure. So i tried it the first time but it might have been the soft water system that i have in my house. i used that to fill it up the first time. so this time i used the outside hose to fill it up. i also bleached it before this use to make sure it was clean and believe me its clean. i had to rinse it 5 times to get all the bleach out. i used the gel kind and it made hell of suds. don't ever use that to clean with.

So I'm wanting to know where should i cut this one at. and do i really have to use any kind of hormone since its gonna get rinsed off pretty quick. cause I've been using a powder hormone. i know that doesn't last. so i just want to make sure i do this one right. If not I'm just gonna sell this ezclone and just buy clones.

So do i cut on the red or blue dot?

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Re: I need help cloning.

whats the distance from the tip to the blue dot?
how far is the red dot from the blue dot and
how many nodes above the blue dot?
 
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you could cut it at the red dot
leaving you ample space to make a second cut under water
and clear off the bottom node by the red dot
 
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make your first cut at the red dot
make your underwater second cut halfway to the first node from your first cut at the red dot
at the same time while under the water take off the first node
i mean the bottom most node that's gonna be under the puck you don't need any vegetation under there
that will leave you the top and the second node above the puck
 
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well actually you could cut those off before you do your second cut underwater
just the leaves and the new nodes. don't chop the stem there lol
 
Re: I need help cloning.

Don't want to steal CHH's thunder.

I'd make the initial cut at or above the red circle.

The next step is to trim the small fan leaf and the two smaller "nodes" in the blue circle.

Then you place the stem under the water and make the final terminal cut to the stem approximately 1 1/2 " below where the blue circle is.

Do your root powder dip or not and place your clone into the puck.

I don't use a dome or cut my clones's leaves, but I take off the larger leaves. The larger ones aspire more water than they contribute in photosynthesis towards making new roots.

As you've seen, there's a lot of school's of thought into this subject. Everyone "knows it all" or what ever. The thing is that it's finding out what works for you. That goes for growing as a whole. Not everyone can do hydro or pull 6 lb outdoor plants. Finding your niche is what it's all about.

Seriously though, don't give up on the cloning. It'll work out.

:Namaste:
 
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id say the plant you are cloning off of looks like it isnt doing good either.the mom should be in good health.i clone using rockwool.i dont cut the stem under water.i use clonex or x nutrients GEL.i cut the stem at a 45 angle and scrape the rest of the stem,and finally i split the end of the stem!!i have cloned without a rooting gel in rockwool.i use the humidity dome for the first week then let them breathe. i took 40 clones on the 25 of november all of them rooted.most of them took 7 days.also larger clones are not better they take longer to root.bottom shoot root faster then tops.take as many clones as you can and keep it simple.some strains dont like to root show us some pics of the dead clones.
 
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you can cut off half of the big leaf
on each big leaf
cut down on transpiration
you shouldn't have to dome it
it should be ok :thumb:
 
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do what they suggest and if it don't work you can give them an earful maybe even get reimbursed lol
if it doesn't work their way then try it with a stone
as im using a bubble cloner all I have is my res and bubbles

the 2 biggest leaves on the cutting just cut them in half
 
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looks good i would use the dome,i cant get them to root without the dome myself,no offense chronic everyone has different strokes.but on another note if you constantly have the dome on them they dont need roots because they get everything from the high humidity.for me if i take the dome off to soon they instantly wilt.that cloner should have roots busting in no time.ive considered buying or making a cloner but rockwool is great and cheap. the clone looks like it should take.
 
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