Tonys Cutting Guide

[Saddam]

It reduces transpiration in other words, stops them losing too much moisture through the leaves

Edited October 21, 2014 by Saddam

[Guest bucky0hare]

Thanks for the quick reply. If its in heated prop where it is very humid, what would be the point? Would it be beneficial to do that when rooting in an aeroponic propagator?

[Guest zypheruk]

A great guide and I'm sure a lot of people will find it easy to follow, thanks for doing it...

[Tony Montana]

@ glad it helped

[Mrs R]

Brilliant thread, Thanks Tony

Why do you trim the leaves?

I did my first cuttings back in July, used rockwool and they rooted fine sitting on a window sill, no cover fuss and all 12 rooted. I won't use rockwool again though as I think its somehow binded the roots of a couple as they got bigger and they are not taking up nutes.

Took some more cuttings a couple of weeks ago and I think its a whole different thing in colder weather. Finding the best place for them has been tricky. Its too hot on the window sill because of radiators or too dark and cold everywhere else. I took 12 cuttings of my flowering 'outdoor mix' that were doing ok after a couple of weeks on a sill above a radiator but not rooting so I thought they needed more light. I put them in my 12/12 cupboard for a day and they dried out to death

I took another 12 cuttings of my 8 weeks germinated shark shocks and put them in a non heated propagator on the non radiator window sill and they all died of rot and mould after a week

My next lot of 12 I took yesterday as per Tonys guide, used root riots since I don't like rockwool, this time used clonex too and hope it will help get them established quicker. I bought a £20 heated propagator and have put the in my utilility room, no heating out there so temps should stay stable at 24c It is very dark though so I have an energy saving lightbulb above them at night.

Since I got mould in the unheated prop I am concerned that the higher heat and humidity It will happen again, any advice?

[Tony Montana]

Sounds like you got it covered, heated props are great if your struggling with temps! Your energy saving lightbulb will be fine

just keep an eye on them, they should look healthy and happy

[Mrs R]

Cheers Tony Would it be ok to put my just cracked OG Kush seedlings in there too?

[Tony Montana]

Yeah you can put seedlings in there but they don't really need the prop, just somewhere moist and dark! You can use root riots, I do

[Mrs R]

Thought I would add my disaster photos just to cheer everyone up who got it right

[Tony Montana]

If that's the same prop I'd give it a good scrub

[Mrs R]

No I got a nice clean new one

[true]

Thanks bro for putting the guide up.

I read the first couple of pages, then stopped once the neggers started.

Just what I needed. Ive not cloned for 15 years so wanted to brush up before I dust off me scalpel

[lildaveham]

Tbh there's no need to clip the leafs. I think it's something OT1 did in his guide but I've found it makes no difference.

This isn't a bad guide, but there is a much simpler more fail-safe way to do it and all you need is a freezer bag and a 1L pot.

I have just had a cutting on the windowsill in a shot glass with plain water just as an experiment amazingly it's rooted after 2weeks.

Mentalist this nature thang ain't it.

Lild.

[sy100276]

Being keen to learn as much as I can. This was a great guide for me and helped a lot.

[mrchang]

yer is how i do mine now and i tried lots of different ways.