gr865
Well-Known Member
I have had great success with RootRiot plugs. I run a skewer thru the center of the plug to make it easier to push the stem in, soak in your solution of choice, lightly squeeze the plug,dip the stems in Clonex Rooting Jel and put the clone into the plug.
When I cut my clones I put them in a shallow bowl of pH'ed RO water with 0.5ml of a root enhancer per gallon, RapidStart. I leave them for a day +/- before I put them in the plugs. Then I begin misting them, at the start 3 x/day eventually getting to the point of 2 x/day. I keep them under one lamp of a four lamp T5 fixture and eventually add a second lamp to the fixture.
This grow I took 13 clones of each of my two plants I have in the cabinet flowering now, White Rhino and Exodus Cheese. All 26 clones had roots showing in 9 days and were ready to transplant in 20 days, I gave them extra days in my clone box because was too busy to get the Hempy buckets ready for them. I could have planted them on the 16 or 17 day.
I did have a bit of a problem after I transplanted, not sure what caused it but I lost 12 clones, 6 of each strain, in the first week after transplant. I think during transplant I may have pressed down on the cubes after they were in the Hempy bucket and did some major damage to the roots or maybe the rooting solution was too strong. Has not happened before and I know it was not the fault of the RootRiot plugs.
Clones in RootRiot plugs
Roots after day 12
Transplanted into 1 gallon Folgers Hempys
These were all at 3 days after transplant
One of the remaining 7 White Rhino's, the mother
One of the remaining 7 Exodus Cheese, the mother, she has been topped once.
The 14 Clones
My Storage Container Cloner
I am not sure what happened to the 12 that did not make it!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
GR
When I cut my clones I put them in a shallow bowl of pH'ed RO water with 0.5ml of a root enhancer per gallon, RapidStart. I leave them for a day +/- before I put them in the plugs. Then I begin misting them, at the start 3 x/day eventually getting to the point of 2 x/day. I keep them under one lamp of a four lamp T5 fixture and eventually add a second lamp to the fixture.
This grow I took 13 clones of each of my two plants I have in the cabinet flowering now, White Rhino and Exodus Cheese. All 26 clones had roots showing in 9 days and were ready to transplant in 20 days, I gave them extra days in my clone box because was too busy to get the Hempy buckets ready for them. I could have planted them on the 16 or 17 day.
I did have a bit of a problem after I transplanted, not sure what caused it but I lost 12 clones, 6 of each strain, in the first week after transplant. I think during transplant I may have pressed down on the cubes after they were in the Hempy bucket and did some major damage to the roots or maybe the rooting solution was too strong. Has not happened before and I know it was not the fault of the RootRiot plugs.
Clones in RootRiot plugs
Roots after day 12
Transplanted into 1 gallon Folgers Hempys
These were all at 3 days after transplant
One of the remaining 7 White Rhino's, the mother
One of the remaining 7 Exodus Cheese, the mother, she has been topped once.
The 14 Clones
My Storage Container Cloner
I am not sure what happened to the 12 that did not make it!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
GR
