How to Clone with Success
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Article by: Jason Willkomm Every step here has a reason...either to reduce the stress on the new clone or to encourage root , Keep Your Bird Feeders Filled For The Spring Rush growth. Every drop of water , Everything You need to Know to Set up Your Square Foot Garden you use will be plain water , Planting and Caring for Flower Bulbs with 10 ml/gallon Thrive Alive B1 added. You will need to start with a sterile medium. If you use rockwool, you need to soak it for at least 24 hours (plain water , Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit and B1) before you use it, otherwise the ph is too alkaline. Clones should be 4 to 6 inches long. You will have much better success taking your clones from a plant , How to Select a Really Good Water Hose growing in the vegatative stage. Prepare your clones before you actually take them. At the top of each clone there should be a circle of leafy vegatation no larger than the bottom of a pop can. Trim any excess. Trim away any other vegetation along the stem. To make the cleanest, least damaging cut on the plant, , The Uses of Compost! you want to use a sharp razor. Do not use scissors, they will do damage. Wash your hands with soap and water. , Getting Rid of Garden Pests with Less Chemicals Pour a little alcohol onto the razor, than rinse it with a little tap water. , Concrete Mold Buying Tips Fill an empty container with water , Everything You need to Know to Set up Your Square Foot Garden and B1 mix. I find 1/2 gallon milk jugs to be very convenient for this. Open your cloning gel. Hold the branch firm just above the point of your cut. At a 45 degree angle, cut and dip the clone immediately in the gel. Swish it around for a second or two, and place , Concrete Mold Buying Tips it in the full milk jug. Each milk jug will fit 3 to 4 clones. Keep the clones under a single fluorescent light, , Terrace Gardening And Landscaping Ideas 4 to 6 inches beneath the bulbs. , Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Mist the clones two or three times a day. Do not keep a fan on them, they prefer still, humid air , Tarragon: A Favourite of French Chefs at this point. The very most important thing is to keep them at 72 degrees. Keep them in the jug soaking for no less than 48 hours, and no more than 4 days. After two days, put each clone into its own rockwool plug or its own container of sterile soilless mix. If using rockwool plugs, keep the end of the clone in the center of the plug, a 1/2 inch up from the bottom of the plug. I use a piece of tape around the center of the plug to keep it closed nicely around the clone. Place the clones back under the fluorescent light, , Reblooming Poinsettia and continue to mist them 2 to 3 times a day. The first few days, keep them on the wet side. I usually give each one a little squirt with a turkey baster of water , Rosemary: The Herb of Remembrance and Friendship and B1 mix. After that, you can start letting them dry out just a little between waterings. Be sure to keep the nice 72 degree temperature. , Japanese Beetles in the Roses In 7 to 10 days, you should see roots , Shrub Roses and Climbing Roses coming out the sides of your rockwool plugs. Transplant clones into 6 inch containers and begin feeding (mildly) as soon as roots , Sunflowers appear. If you follow all these steps, you should have pretty near a 100% success rate....happy cloning! For more info on cloning success, visit How to Clone with SuccessHi, my name is Jason, from Jason's Indoor , Landscaping Tips: What Mulch to Use for Trees Guide. I have ten years experience growing indoors, , Don't Treat Your Soil Like Dirt under lights. , How To Improve Garden Soil Naturally No less than two of those years I was using hydroponics , The Uses of Compost! methods. It is my goal to improve the results of every organic , Outdoor Storage Sheds and hydroponics , Dog Days of Summer gardener through accurate, easy to understand information. , Dog Days of Summer Jason's Indoor , Dogs and Gardens: 10 Tips for Enjoying Your Dog and Your Garden Too Guide |
  
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