Good morning everyone. 
Another picture-perfect Burgh day in the making. I certainly hope your day is starting out on the right foot. If not, reset and start again, strongly influenced by the grateful celebration of the promise of another joy-filled day.
I love picture update day. Looking awesome SweetSue.
Thank you so much Greensmurf. Picture update day comes every day around here. I'm known to be a major pictorial distraction, most especially when they're in bloom and all frosty and whatnot.
hi SweetSue and the gang
Nice pictorial as usual
zillion of morning hugs from me to you
Thanks Birdie. And a zillion hugs back at you.
Good Morning!
Your DDA's are looking great! Such a shame we can't clone the autos. Seeing how different each one is, would be nice to keep the stronger one going.
Can't wait to see the carnival fill out that 2x2
I know RheinRover, I wish they could be cloned too. Such variation in the genetic expression and no way to know which is the keeper until the cure. Ah well, my solace is in the fact that every single one I've harvested has kicked my ass. That's good enough for me.
*Sniff* Poor Carnival.
Sue, what's going on in those bags? I saw Rapid Rooters soaking on your table so you put the clones in those and then tied them up in the bag? Like a mini-greenhouse? Are there holes for air? I haven't seen this before. I usually use a DIY bubble cloner with excellent results, but I've had almost as good results with Rapid Rooters before and am undecided which I'm going to use when I take clones in a few (too many) weeks. The Rapid Rooters would be easier 'cause I wouldn't have to dig out that bubble cloner from wherever it is I stashed it...I know it's around here somewhere though.
I learned this trick from one of our better cultivators, the delightful lembatoast. Every three days they get popped open and hydrated. TOAST uses Clonex, a product I have yet to get my hands on, so I'll be using aloe vera juice until I get some of my own. In truth the aloe vera juice will probably be sufficient.
I didn't document that process well at all. The cuttings were prepared with a good diagonal cut on the end (using a fresh, sterile razor), dipped into the aloe juice they'd been sitting in as they awaited processing and the stem swirled through the rooting hormone. I turned the plugs over for stability and set them each into a small container weighted down with small gravel to keep them from tipping over when I blew up the bags. This bag that I chose for the demonstration has a large pebble offering stability.
My breath inside the bags adds extra moisture to the captive atmosphere. Leave them sitting out of the way in reduced lighting and refresh every three days. The first time I'll just pour whatever I'm using to hydrate directly on the plugs. From then on out I'll lift each out to inspect for roots. TOAST tells me it'll take about a week to get rooting action and they'll be happily growing in soil before two weeks is up.
The mini trampoline protects them from traffic mishaps.
All tucked into their temporary home.
It's a pretty easy process. The hardest part was figuring out to weight small containers so they sat upright on the floor. TOAST. Uses Rockwool cubes, which sit nice and flat on their own. I had these Rapid Rooters, which I'm incredibly impressed by.
Now we wait to see how well I paid attention to TOAST. He expects me to do it right.
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