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CLONES - any hints on how to proceed?

TrimQueen
TrimQueenstarted grow question 1y ago
Took two clones off and they are already showing some rooting signs. One week after having applied indole-3-butyric acid to stimulate rooting I can see its first results. Any suggestion on how to keep up? Any hints is welcome. Thank you guys!
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MalumProhibitum
MalumProhibitumanswered grow question 1y ago
Looks good! The high humidity makes stripping leaves off redundant. By keeping those leaves the plant gets less stressed out and can draw mobile nutrients from those leaves if needed. Once it has started veveloping roots, just treet it like a seedling week 2 and it should be good to go!
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oldskoolkool
oldskoolkoolanswered grow question 1y ago
If they aren't newly rooted cutting I'd take them out of that environment as you've got a chance of them catching something nasty.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1y ago
the rooting hormones may or may not work and if they do it only shaves off a small amount of time -- i used to use it and don't bother anymore and see no difference in results. I'm also never taking cluttings and worrying about 1 or 2 extra days before i can transplant it, ymmv. once it is rooted it is simply another plant. treat it like you treat all other plants - go light on nutes while light on roots, but it won't take long before it needs a regular diet. Start exposing to normal temps/rh as you don't need to hinder transpiration anymore. Once it is rooted there's nothing left to worry about. Let it form a good rootball that can hold the substrate together for a proper translplant when the time comes. I think the people telling you to strip leaves off are under the impression this is a recent cutting and missed the fact that you see roots already. Do not cut leaves off at this point. When you initially take a cutting, reducing transpiration and photosynthesis can help, but once you have roots removing leaves will only hinder the growth. Also, you can see it is not necessary to do with your success. I've read completely contradicting things about smaller or larger clones, as well as whether to take from the top portions or lower portions of plant. Unless you see real data on it, don't trust anecdote, because anecdote is all over the map on these things. you can do things mostly wrong and still have a high success rate in the short-term with small sample sizes, lol, this is the problem with anecdote.
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oldskoolkool
oldskoolkoolanswered grow question 1y ago
Strip the leaves off,the last 50% of the stem.If its 6inchs tall remove the leaves off the bottom 3inch.The leaves on the top 3inch want cutting in half.This is hard to explain when you're hammered,lol.If your outstrechted hand was the eleaf then chop your fingers in half.You're trying to reduce the size of the plant.I do this all the time.Its a tried and tested method.You shoulkd be carefullk with advice you get from anywhere in this game,mine included.I'm trying to think where I can find an image of this.You also wannt a root booster or seaweed/kelp.Look how impressive my roots are,picture and clip shows amazing root growth.
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oldskoolkool
oldskoolkoolanswered grow question 1y ago
A bit too big really.Can you take any more?Take some of those leaves off.They need all their energy for roots.
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Todzilla
Todzillaanswered grow question 1y ago
Keep the plants in a humid environment with no direct sunlight (led/cfl ok). Keep soil moist and ppm/ec in the 200ppm range and ph 6.5 for soil or 6.0 for coco. If you see signs of stress, trim off the lower leaves and let the plant focus on the top leaves. That’s a lot of leaves for a small number of roots to feed. Great job. Best of luck with your clones.
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