Clones straight into soil or perlite - anyone had success?

[ChampagneSuperGrow3r 10]

Hello all,

 

Looking to take some clones before the weekend and don't have time to go to the store. So was wondering if anyone has had success on putting them direct into soil or 100% perlite?

 

Also, storing clones in the fridge. Does this actually work?

 

Cheers,

 

CSG

[BilgePump 11,700]

Yes , yes and yes 

 

 

[Herbal Kint 4,872]

Soil or compost? I put them in 0.5L pots of compost as soon as they are out of prop, if your putting them in perlite watch they don't dry out I never tried but I'd imagine it will dry out rapid.

[ChampagneSuperGrow3r 10]

6 hours ago, Herbal Kint said:

Soil or compost? I put them in 0.5L pots of compost as soon as they are out of prop, if your putting them in perlite watch they don't dry out I never tried but I'd imagine it will dry out rapid.

I was thinking BioBizz light? 

[Herbal Kint 4,872]

Yes sounds good

[blackpoolbouncer 34,437]

Yep, I root all my cuttings in 50 50 homemade compost and vermiculite.

get a roughly 98-99% strike rate.

I dont use any rooting hormones or any of that nonsense either.

 

Whack em in a storage container and forget about the for two weeks and usually everything rooted by then even in a tray of 50 

 

[Dan t 6,722]

Yep. Compost,  I took a load of cuts and the skinniest couple I pushed in to a pot with a money plant in just to see what happens.  Nothing to keep humidity in and they both took.  

3 days ago I took a couple off a different plant, straight into 1ltr pots of lightmix, one's still wilted but the other has picked up already.       One advantage is I dont have to worry about 1ltr pots drying out as fast and killing all my cuts again lol.

 

[trees 189]

They will root into pretty much anything. I left some clones in a cup of water on the side in a bedroom one summer, took about 20 days but they made roots .

 

[ChampagneSuperGrow3r 10]

I've pulled the trigger on it, few in Bizz light and some test dummies in water. Found online that you can use aloe vera as a rooting hormone and had some around so have dipped in that before putting in soil. They are just on a sunny window ledge, will they go straight to flower this time of year or will they be alright?

 

How do you go about storing unused clones for a couple months, is it possible?

 

Edited February 7, 2022 by ChampagneSuperGrow3r

[Whatwentwrong 3,888]

The fridge works for unrooted clones. I’ve seen people put zip lock bags in the fridge full of cuttings.

 

water can work for rooting as well. I’ve rooted loads in just a glass of water. Change the water every couple of days to make sure there is oxygen in it.

 

also, yeah. If the clones are old enough and you root them just in the windowsill then they will go into flower when rooted. Cuts barely need any light though and just leaving your living room light on during the night would stop them going into flower.

[twigs 25,489]

2 hours ago, ChampagneSuperGrow3r said:

They are just on a sunny window ledge

 

I rooted some clones with a 15w desk lamp in my lounge not so long ago, just switched it off and on when i went to bed and got up.. 

 

you don’t need any rooting stuff, but aloe is really good for taking cuts and watering/spraying in veg  

 

 

[Girlrilla 100]

Always done it this way. As the above says, into container box and left to it. Odd spray when checking on them 

Edited February 7, 2022 by Girlrilla

[blackpoolbouncer 34,437]

Never spray cuttings. Asking for them to turn to mush imo. They don't need it. I dot even spray the box when they go in. They make thier own humidity.

 

I've never thought the rooting in water method very effective at all. 

[Whatwentwrong 3,888]

 

it certainly works. It’s hard to say whether its not really effective or not as they would root in the end either way. 
 

the thing I’ve found about using soil or root cubes is that you have to have a propagator. They don’t seem to take all the moisture they need in from the stem and therefore need a really humid environment so it can take moisture in through its leaves.
 

If you put it in water you don’t need a prop, the cut will stay strong and healthy as it is. 
 

it is far simpler though to take a cut, stick it in a cube or soil, water the tray once and then stick the prop lid on and leave them for a week. Far less messing around changing the water and the end result is no different.

 

that plant was Amarillo’s lime lock and that rooted in 5 days in water

Edited February 8, 2022 by Whatwentwrong

[twigs 25,489]

@Whatwentwrong   yes dude it definitely works i’ve always got more than i want and leave cuts in water because of lazy ness and sometimes it fills the whole glass with a massive root ball  left long enough.

 

I don’t spray clones in a prop unless there’s a problem (and only gently then!) with the prop/temperatures/poorly plants etc, this can be remedied by taking cuts properly and keeping equipment and environment good and taking slips from healthy plants

 

I spray plants in veg (once rooted)

 

cuts in a prop/bag don’t need to be dripping wet sprayed (obviously we’re not talking about air cloning) the medium they are in just needs to be nicely moist (not overly) and if the prop is 99% air tight the moisture can’t escape and will be recycled, gentle warmth and a small light source and alls good  and should be dope in a few days to 2wks depending on environment, strain and plant health